Favre, Forty, Football, Fan

My title consists of four more "F" words and is what's on my mind tonight. I'm not really a big football fan but because I hear it all the time from the rest of my family (both young and old) I am getting more interested. I've listened to some of the debate surrounding Brett Favre this season. There have been so many comments about his age that it is starting to get on my nerves to the point that I have become a big fan of his.

I get a little irritated when I hear people referring to a forty year old person as "old." For one thing, I will have a 40 year old son next year and I sure don't think of him as being old. Another reason it gets next to me is because when I was in my forties I felt better than I ever felt. I had lots of energy, stamina and strength and I think I enjoyed it so much because I had more wisdom to appreciate those qualities! I also have enough wisdom now to realize that I am probably not going to consistently feel that good again, which leads to the next reason I get irritated hearing the Favre "old" talk. If forty is old then I suppose 60 is decrepit and although I don't feel as frisky as I did in my forties I think I am a long way from decrepit! (I'm taking the opportunity to talk about being 60 since I only have a week left to make that claim!)

All kidding aside, I am very thankful to feel as well as I do. I still have a lot of energy and am able to continue to be active and for that I praise the good Lord! I am going to try to stay as active as I can for as long as I can because I sincerely believe that when you don't use it you lose it! I'm trying to use my 60 years of wisdom to make smart choices about my activities and not overdo it and most of the time I do pretty well. Occasionally I feel so good that I exert myself beyond what I should and I feel it at the end of the day and end up in the hot tub lecturing myself but overall I try to use common sense. I love being active and I pray every day for health, strength and energy, as well as for motivation to do all I can to help myself in those areas. We can only do the best we can at taking care of ourselves and we never know when bad health will slow us down. I am mindful that there are so many people who would love to be able just to go outside and walk and can't and I lift them up in prayer. There are also many who are depressed and can't motivate themselves to be active and I pray for them as well. While we are endeavoring to take care of ourselves, let's not forget those who are struggling and do what we can to encourage them.

Brett Favre is an example of someone who wants to keep doing what he loves for as long as he is effective. I hope he can and just in case this is really his last season, I hope he wins the Super Bowl! Go Brett!

Have a great week to come! Keep your Faith in God. Love your Family. Get Fit. Have Fun. I will be praying for you!

Verse for today: Phillipians 4:13- For I can do everything through Christ who gives me strength. NLT