Levi has finished football too!

January 8, 2012, 3:57 pm
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I know football finished in early November and that I’m a little behind on blogging, but I want to blog in order. Even if that means you are reading about something that happened two months ago. So here goes…

Levi’s team finished a great season with an unfortunate loss in the playoffs. The last few games were great…Here are some pictures.

Below you’ll see a bunch of pictures and videos of Levi on defense. He loves defense and played really really well!

Click on the links below to watch some videos…

I’ve written before that Levi has been struggling with anxiety when his team is losing or not playing well. When he would get hit with this anxiety, he would break down, feel like he couldn’t breath, and would kind of fall apart. We could tell that Levi was getting upset during this game, as his team wasn’t winning. However, for the first time, he remembered all the things we’ve been teaching him (deep breaths, stay focused, stay in the game – because if you don’t keep trying, you’ll never know how it could have turned out) and he played through his anxiety! We were SO proud of him!

The Texans lost due to some really poor referee calls (even the other team agreed ). After the game, when we were talking with Levi about how he played through his anxiety and yet they lost. He looked up at us with a small smile and said “I kinda feel like I won.” And we totally agreed with him! He won because he played his best…it didn’t matter what the score was at the end of the game. This was a huge lesson for him!

But, you know what?

Romans 8:28 was displayed perfectly for us here. “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose.” If I had my way in the beginning, I would have had the Texans win the game becuase I know that is what Levi would want. But God knows better. He knew the referee we would have would make those bad calls and thus, cause us to lose. If the referee had made the right calls, his team might have won. And I’m SO glad they didn’t! See, if they had won, Levi would have felt like he won – because they won. Instead, he felt like he won – because he played his best and didn’t give up!

Here Levi is getting encouragment from one of our family friends who came out to watch him play.