First Cheerleading Game

Today was our first cheerleading/football game. I coach the Homeschool Lions Cheer Squad. Our Jr. High played Heritage Christian at noon today. We lost by two points, the total score being 12-14. It was a really close game. There were 14 seconds on the clock in the fourth quarter and we were going for a two point conversion after making our second touchdown. We did not make the conversion. The boys played very well, especially since this was their first game. It was also Heritage's first game. Pictured: Emily (the mascot) and Kylie.

My old babysitter, Ashley, coaches the Jr. High cheer squad. During half time her squad came over to ours to say hello. We got to talk for the whole half time, and so did the cheerleaders. It was very fun.

I have eight girls and one mascot. Unfortunately three of the girls were not able to make it to the first game. Also, the four new girls did not have their uniforms yet. That was my fault. I did not get the girls measured soon enough and I also did not know that they (Varsity) does not ship out the uniforms until they have been paid. It will take about four weeks for the uniforms to arrive. For now they have to wear my old uniform and two other previous cheerleaders uniforms. Otherwise, they have to wear a black or dark blue skirt with a black or dark blue shirt. I also had two pairs of old poms for the girls, and Emily (the mascot), had her old pair of poms so all the girls were able to use poms. Pictured: Elle, Autumn (Kylie's older sister, also the captain), and Evelyn.

Jordan

Andrew got to play today. Although, I did not recognize him at first because he has a new number this year. He is actually a freshman this but is playing down so he can have more playing time. He is a lineman.

Not pictured: Amelia, Katie, and Nicole.

WAIT

Desperately, helplessly, longingly I cried:
Quietly, patiently, lovingly God replied.
I plead and I wept for a clue to my fate,
And the Master so gently said,
"Child, you must wait."

"Wait? You say, wait!" my indignant reply.
"Lord, I need answers, I need to know why!
Is your hand shorthanded? Or have You not heard?
By faith, I have asked, and am claiming Your Word.

My future and all to which I can relate
Hangs in the balance, and YOU tell me to WAIT?
I'm needing a "Yes", a go-ahead sign,
Or even a "No" to which I can resign.

And Lord, You promised that if we believe
We need but to ask and we will receive.
And Lord, I've been asking, and this is my cry:
"I'm weary of asking! I need a reply!"

Then quietly, softly, I learned of my fate
As my Master replied once again, "You must wait."
So, I slumped in my chair, defeated and taut
And grumbled to God, "So I'm waiting...for what?"

He seemed, then, to kneel
And His eyes wept with mine
And He tenderly said, "I could give you a sign
I could shake the heavens, and darken the sun
I could raise the dead, and cause mountains to run

All you seek, I could give, and pleased you would be.
You would have what you want-
But, you wouldn't know Me.
You'd not know the depth of My love for each saint;
You'd not know the power I give to the faint;

You'd not learn to see through the clouds of despair;
You'd not learn to trust just by knowing I'm there;
You'd not know the joy of resting in Me;
When darkness and silence were all you could see.

You'd never experience that fullness of love
As the peace of My Spirit descends like a dove;
You'd know that I give and I save, for a start,
But you'd not know the depth of the beat of My heart.

The glow of My comfort late into the night,
The faith that I give when you walk without sight,
The depth that's beyond just getting what you asked
Of an infinite God, who makes what you have last.

You'd never know, should you pain quickly flee,
What it means that, "My grace is sufficient for thee."
Yes, your dream for your loved one
Overnight would come true,

But, Oh, the Loss! If I lost what I'm doing in you!

So, be silent, My child, in time you will see
That the greatest of gifts is to get to know Me.
And though oft' may My answers seem terribly late,
My most precious answer of all is still, "Wait."

--Unknown