As we transition to worshiping with a new church family a thought/word picture entered my mind during worship last week: I never realized I grew up walking on egg shells, until my feet recently started to heal.
It's not meant to be a negative picture, but a picture of a new found peaceful freedom. Just my thoughts thus far. I'm sure there will be more to come.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Friday, September 2, 2011
The Prrrride of Wildcat Land, the K-State Marching Band!
Kinda gives you goose bumps, huh? :-)
Tomorrow begins the K-State football season. Thousands will be doing the Wabash and singing the fight song:
Fight, you K-State Wildcats,
For alma mater fight! FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!
Glory in the combat
For the purple and the white.
Faithful to our colors
We shall ever be
Fighting, ever fighting
For a Wildcat victory. Go State!
Why? We're proud of our team. We love purple! We point out Willie to our kids. We wear the jerseys. We sing the song. We count the push-ups.
You know my favorite part of going to a K-State basketball game? It's not the tip off, or any part of the game. I *love* watching the team walk down the tunnel on the jumbo-tron. It's loud! It's exciting! It's the anticipation!
So what's my point?
Today as I drove to work I heard a commercial with the fight song in the background. Almost simultaneously, as I was singing in my head..."glory in the combat for the purple and the white"... I was driving by flag after flag at half-staff. ~~~"Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has ordered flags in the State of Kansas to be flown at half-staff on Friday, Sept. 2, in honor of Sergeant Alexander Bennett who died on Aug. 6, while serving in the U.S. Army in Afghanistan"~~~ And a question hit me: Do those who refuse to sing the National Anthem also refuse to sing their school's fight song? Because you know what? The National Anthem is our country's fight song. If you don't want to sing the words or put your hand over your heart I think that's okay. We're fortunate to live in a place where we're both free to do as we please, however, if you don't understand why some of us do chose to do so, think of the atmosphere at a college game when the fight song is being played. The feeling is very similar. I suppose it's different for everyone and some might disagree. But I'm confident in saying there are many who love red, white, and blue in a similar way we love purple.
Go State!
Kinda gives you goose bumps, huh? :-)
Tomorrow begins the K-State football season. Thousands will be doing the Wabash and singing the fight song:
Fight, you K-State Wildcats,
For alma mater fight! FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!
Glory in the combat
For the purple and the white.
Faithful to our colors
We shall ever be
Fighting, ever fighting
For a Wildcat victory. Go State!
Why? We're proud of our team. We love purple! We point out Willie to our kids. We wear the jerseys. We sing the song. We count the push-ups.
You know my favorite part of going to a K-State basketball game? It's not the tip off, or any part of the game. I *love* watching the team walk down the tunnel on the jumbo-tron. It's loud! It's exciting! It's the anticipation!
So what's my point?
Today as I drove to work I heard a commercial with the fight song in the background. Almost simultaneously, as I was singing in my head..."glory in the combat for the purple and the white"... I was driving by flag after flag at half-staff. ~~~"Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has ordered flags in the State of Kansas to be flown at half-staff on Friday, Sept. 2, in honor of Sergeant Alexander Bennett who died on Aug. 6, while serving in the U.S. Army in Afghanistan"~~~ And a question hit me: Do those who refuse to sing the National Anthem also refuse to sing their school's fight song? Because you know what? The National Anthem is our country's fight song. If you don't want to sing the words or put your hand over your heart I think that's okay. We're fortunate to live in a place where we're both free to do as we please, however, if you don't understand why some of us do chose to do so, think of the atmosphere at a college game when the fight song is being played. The feeling is very similar. I suppose it's different for everyone and some might disagree. But I'm confident in saying there are many who love red, white, and blue in a similar way we love purple.
Go State!
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