Five More Days and Answered Prayers

Five days until the tournament!

Well, I've been on weather.com numerous times in the past 24 hours stressing about the weather.  Yesterday it was looking like it was going to be about 78 degrees and 60% chance of rain.  

My heart sunk...What are we going to do?  Do I need a rain plan (the Recreation and Leisure educational background started coming out of me)?  Should we postpone the tournament?  

Needless to say, I started to get, as Jake would say, poopy.  (The good thing that came out of my stress was a really clean sink...there was some nasty grime that has been in there for a while, but I scrubbed it right off!)  Then Jake called me out and said there's nothing we can do about it, no need for you to be in a bad mood.  He was right.  (He usually is...)

So I started praying.  

Lord, you are in control of the weather.  Please, please let it not rain on Sunday!!

I woke up this morning and checked the weather again (all the while praying that it would not be raining).  To my dismay it was still about 80 degrees and 60% chance of rain.  So what's a girl to do?  Call in the troops to pray!  I already had my prayer warrior grandma praying, then I talked to my good friend, Donna, and asked her to pray.  My mom knew I was concerned about the weather too and I'm sure she said a quick prayer.  

After my phone conversation with Donna I got to praying and thinking...Lord, even if it does rain, you will still get the glory.  I can't worry about it.  You are in control of it all! ....but please, it sure would be nice if it didn't rain!

And what do ya know, I checked the weather...and it hadn't changed....Ok Lord, whatever you want...but please change the weather....please!  

Then I get home to blog and do some work while the kids sleep (well, at least one of the kids...but that's always another story) and checked the weather....and it had changed!!  The weather was about 80 degrees and 20% chance of rain!!!!  

Praise the Lord!!

I keep checking it and it's staying the same.  

Thank you Lord!

All that to say, please keep praying for good weather for Sunday!  

Now, for the unveiling of the prize for the most creative team name/uniform/team spirit/etc and the next raffle basket!

The winner for the most creative team name, etc, etc, etc. will be receiving their very own...Car!!

Just kidding.

A $15 iTunes gift card!

(Slow clap begins...)

The second raffle basket will be none other than:

A Christmas themed basket complete with 

2 ornaments, white lights, a stocking (yes, stuffed with candy!),  and a candle!  

Stay tuned for more exciting details!

"Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray not give up. 

He said: In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men.  And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, 'Grant me justice against my adversary.'  For some time he refused.  But finally he said to himself, 'Even though I don't fear God or care about men, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won't eventually wear me out with her coming!'"

Luke 18:1-5

The Lord hears our prayers!  Keep coming to Him with your pleas.  He'll hear you and answer!