HOS – Keep Your Eyes Open
On Wednesday night, SCS Charger fans had the joy of sitting through three basketball games in our gym- Middle School Boys, Varsity Girls, and Varsity Boys. There’s always so much to see at a basketball game- the big things and the little things. Here are some of the things I saw this Wednesday;
• The entire student section cheering on Asher, our esteemed towel boy, while he wiped up a wet spot on the gym floor.
• Matias making the final winning shot at the buzzer to bring the Middle School boys to victory.
• Danny sinking basket after basket.
• The swoosh of the three pointers.
• Our new Middle School basketball coach, Josh, getting his first win.
• Our students lining up with arms stretched overhead to make a tunnel for our players to run through while they came onto the court.
• The elementary boys waving their homemade signs and chanting for the SCS players.
• The time the refs didn’t hear our coach yell for a time out.
• Jaden swerving in and out through the players, landing yet another basket.
• Senior Night – Our senior players walking on the court with their families, sharing about their favorite memories of playing bball at SCS and introducing a favorite teacher and talking about the impact they had on their lives.
• Our girls Varsity – all 7 of them – playing against a very full bench of opposing players and never giving up, not once.
• The fierce determination of Alex, Lexi, Sophia, Lily, Sadie, Irene, Laurel and Cadence.
• The dad who helped his three year old make a basket during the pop shoot at half time.
• Our varsity boys team cheering madly for our middle school boys team.
• The gym full of screaming fans- on both sides of the court.
• Alumni who had come back to relive their old glory days, see friends, and cheer on the Chargers!
• Parents and grandparents in the stands cheering their athletes on.
• The agony of going into overtime.
• The heart pounding thrill of an extremely close game which ended in victory.
So many times during the games I wanted to close my eyes because I was afraid they would lose the ball, someone would foul out, or the ref would make a bad call. But I kept telling myself, “Keep your eyes open. You don’t want to miss a thing. Not a thing”.
Isn’t that always true? There are times in life when things get a bit scary and you’re anxious, or nervous, or just so very excited that you just want to close your eyes. But in these times, I encourage you to keep your eyes open- you don’t want to miss a thing!
Things can get a bit intense and challenging at Shoreline Christian and I can admit to moments of feeling anxious and uncertain, but I know that I don’t want to miss a thing. This is God’s school. He’s got us firmly in the palm of His hand and I don’t want to miss a single thing that He’s doing in this place.
Keep your eyes open and see what God will do.
