Those of you that know us well are aware that this time of year always finds us up to our necks in football. Between my son and my husband, we are currently up to 4 games a week and countless hours of practice and film (my husband coaches High School Freshmen (A and B), my sophomore son plays JV and Varsity). It is not unusual for my house to be full of really big, really strong high school boys. We have watched most of these handsome young men grow up. Many of them have been playing since they were 7 years old. I am personally amazed by how many of the boys we've known and loved are in the news these days for the amazing jobs they're doing on the High School football field. College offer letters, NFL aspirations -- it's all football all the time.

Even outside of that context, this post broke my heart. If you haven't ever visited Today at the Mission, you're in for an adventure of the human kind.

++Lord, watch over the young men you have placed in our life. Thank you so much for each one of them. Thank you for the love you have put in our hearts for them. Give them a future and a hope. May they all know You as the author and giver of their life and their talents. You hold them in the palm of your hand. May they grow up to be men of great character, good husbands, good fathers. May they always bring honor to your name, and may all their dreams come true.