The Narrow Road

This weekend I had the chance to go back to College Station and play in a volleyball tournament with some old friends. It was a great experience, although every part of my body is sore...even my hands. Our team had a lot of fun playing together and just enjoying the game again.

I have always been blessed by a God that could take my love and passion for a sport and continue to make it a part of my life, even now. I went from being the girl in the gym running around playing while my older sisters played the game, to the girl who finally became old enough to play! Later I was a hard core athlete making volleyball my life, so much so that my grades and other areas of my life began to fall behind. Good thing I have such an amazing mom who stepped in and set me straight. I will never forget the list she helped me make so I could keep my priorities in order: God, Family, School, Volleyball... When I got to college, volleyball became a job, and a goal that pushed me to be successful in the classroom, on the court and in every day life! After having all of that experience and it being such a big part of my life, it was hard to move on and leave it behing...good thing God had other plans for me.

I always told myself that I was going to be a teacher first and if it happened to work out for me to coach as well, then I would...it did! Once again God had bigger plans for me than I had for myself. All of that to say, I have come a long way from where I was in college, and I am so thankful to have a God that continues to love me and open doors for me to continue to do the things I love. It may be in a different way than before, but it is the right way for now. I may never be a hard core volleyball player again, but I can still touch others lives through the game.

"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad the road that leads to distruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." Matthew 7:13-14

I am glad I found the narrow road, and I hope you do too...