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We watched “Facing the Giants” last night. Not the best acting, or writing or movie I’ve ever seen. However, there were a couple of scenes that hit close to home.

1. The biggest, strongest, most influential kid on the team was not leading by positive example. He was whining and giving up. Coach blindfolded him put a 160 lb. kid on his back and told him to do the dead man’s crawl (on hands and feet - no knees) until he could not do it any more. This was after they had already finished practice and done enough to be worn out. The blindfold was so that the kid couldn’t just give up when he saw he had gone 20 yards which is what the kid told his coach he thought was all he could do. A lot of yelling, a lot of crying, a lot of pain, a lot of drama and 100 yards later the coach told him to take his blindfold off. The kid was in the end zone. The coach told the kid he hadn’t been giving his all - - not like he just did. The kid got it. I got it too.
2. In the final game towards the end this same kid was begging to be taken out of the game. He had played every play against a bigger stronger team and was hurting… crying cause he couldn’t do any more. Coach yelled some more, You can’t give up! You have more! This is when you lead - go give me your best! Just four more downs! The kid got it. I got it too.

So, it occurred to me that I have done an awful lot of whining last week or two. I guess it’s time to start leading.

Got it.

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