TEAM 180:

This song says it all so simple and so true written in the early 70's by a lesbian.

A young person said, in a to response this:

"don't all of us have sin in our lives?"

That just blew me away! Young people are so clear!

Our Redeemer came to seek and save all that are lost and weighed down with burdens and anxiety which leads to a target practice of misses as we try to get relief from every shortcoming we have. The Bible calls this sin which in the Greek means Missing the Mark at Target Practice!!!!

The Target Practice is everything we aim at to fill the hole in our soul with anything other then our Redeemer. It could be career, adultery, drugs alcohol, sex outside of marriage, abortion, pornography, arrogance, judge-mental, lesbian, gay etc..

The bottom line is all of us have been way off the Target. And guess what? Our Redeemer isn't disappointed! He knows we are way off the Target as we try to fill the hole in our souls. The Cool thing is this: It's only considered Target Practice in His Ancient Scrolls.

Yes this Target Practice can potentially hurt a lot of people including ourselves if we are way off and someone happens to be in the firing zone. With that said He is willing to give us a Mulligan (in golf a second chance on the first Tee Shot) on one condition: We change our Target. My Redeemer and His friend Johnny B. calls this Repenting or changing the plan.

Isn't this what coaches do all the time at Half Time. My Redeemer told me that one of a His friends said it like this:
"If what I am doing produces the same damaging results over and over again then I must change or I will be considered insane!"

My Redeemer said, "it's weird! I always get blamed for everything! I'm not the one making the choices for I have given them the right to choose! I was proud of my boy Josh in the Wilderness when he said, "as for me and my house we will choose The Lord!" My Redeemer then said Josh is good dude! He got it! This was a huge statement considering he was in the midst his wilderness experience when he said this! Josh shows us It's possible to win even in the storms of life that all of us will go through during Target Practice. I can't wait tell you meet Josh in Dad's Mansion! I love that dude!"

So the real message here is this: His Target is much Bigger and Easier to Hit then all the above targets in target practice.

My Redeemer said He allows us to go through the worst of all the scenarios so when we finally get in the game it seem a lot easier. Not that it will be easier but all the preparation and Target Practice in the worst of situations makes Romans 8:28 alive and well in our lives allowing us to Change and go Full Throttle to the Finish Line!!

FOR THOSE TEARS I DIED!

"You said You'd come and share all my sorrows,
You said You'd be there for all my tomorrows;
I came so close to sending You away,
But just like You promised You came there to stay;
I just had to pray!

And Jesus said, "Come to the water, stand by My side,
I know you are thirsty, you won't be denied;
I felt ev'ry teardrop when in darkness you cried,
And I strove to remind you that for those tears I
died."

Your goodness so great I can't understand,
And, dear Lord, I know that all this was planned;
I know You're here now, and always will be,
Your love loosed my chains and in You I'm free;
But Jesus, why me?

And Jesus said, "Come to the water, stand by My side,
I know you are thirsty, you won't be denied;
I felt ev'ry teardrop when in darkness you cried,
And I strove to remind you that for those tears I
died."

Jesus, I give You my heart and my soul,
I know that without God I'd never be whole;
Savior, You opened all the right doors,
And I thank You and praise You from earth's humble
shores;
Take me, I'm Yours.

And Jesus said, "Come to the water, stand by My side,
I know you are thirsty, you won't be denied;
I felt ev'ry teardrop when in darkness you cried,
And I strove to remind you that for those tears I
died."

Your goodness so great I can't understand,
And, dear Lord, I know that all this was planned;
I know You're here now, and always will be,
Your love loosed my chains and in You I'm free;
But Jesus, why me?

And Jesus said, "Come to the water, stand by My side,
I know you are thirsty, you won't be denied;
I felt ev'ry teardrop when in darkness you cried,

And I strove to remind you that for those tears I died."