I remember the exact minute I
became a Sporting Kansas City fan. It
was the 89th minute of the New England Revolution at Sporting Kansas
City game on July 30th, 2011.
Teal Bunbury used his left foot to put a strike in the back of the net,
and the crowd at Sporting Park erupted with celebration.
Why would ministry be like
soccer? For starters soccer is a low
scoring game, and a low scoring game requires patience, lots of patience. However, you can’t just sit back and wait,
you also have to have lots of perseverance.
When a play starts in the back
line and includes a few passes and a cross and maybe even a header in there,
and finishes with a goal kick from the other teams goalie, (because the shot
did not find the net) you don’t have time to hang your head, you have to get
the ball back and make start a new run of play. It is the same as when you are
trying to build a ministry, a campus ministry in my case. When I do advertising and outreach and still
only a few people show up for worship, I don’t have time to feel defeated, it
is time to do outreach and advertising and hopefully more people will show up
next time. Just like when you defend a
goal kick, make a run, then shoot, and maybe one time in the whole game that
shot will end up in the back of the net.
Congratulations to Sporting
Kansas City on being the 2013 MLS Cup Champions.
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