Which One Won The Gold?

We are doing an Olympic theme in kids church: Go For God.  i must admit that i am very much enjoying the olympics and the Olympian stories.  Landen and i loved especially the Winter Olympics.    We would watch the olympics then play the olympics on our roller blades...of course medaling at every event...every once in a while our cousins, stephen and shane would join us.

One of our favorite lines growing up was from 101 Dalmations with Glenn Close.  Toward the ending, Cruella Deville (Glenn Close) and her two accomplices had landed themselves in the back of the jail wagon.  she very sarcastically congratulated them, "Congratulations!  you  just won the Gold, silver and bronze in the moron olympics!"...All is quiet then one of the slower crooks asks, " Which one won the gold?".  We would laugh, rewind, watch, laugh, rewind (and so on and so forth!)...lol

The stories of Joss Christenson sweeping the podium with the us  and winning the gold in spite of the loss of his father, Noelle Pikus-Pace winning the silver after almost giving up but her husband encouraging her to press on and finish the last event and the twin sister that gave her spot to the other when she herself could not compete in the biatholon have touched my heart and inspiried me inexpressably...but i must remember that they are competing for a reward that will not last forever...we are pressing on for the eternal prize! Can't you just imagine Landen with eternal awards!?!  Let's press on to join him!!!

PHiLPPiANs 3:14


For all of you esteemed proofreaders and critiques out there, there is a reason  i have not capitalized certain words...my keyboard is messed up and will not allow it...just to appease your little overworking minds:)