FACING THE GIANTS

Well I'm finally sitting down to journal about "the movie." Forrest took his team to see it last Thursday night after practice. 38 of us loaded a school bus and headed 30 minutes away to Florence, AL to watch...what is now one of my most favorite movies! It was so touching and really sparked my faith in so many areas. We both cried at several points in the movie (me more than him) :) It really was amazing of how much the movie is our lives...I'd say 75%...I'd say all except the parents wanting to fire him and how poor they are...everything else was pretty close....so it made it that much more fun to watch!

It made me proud to be "in the club," the coach's wives club. There are many nights and weekends not spent together due to practice, watching film, and games...but when all is said and done it's worth it to see your husband successful...making a difference in the lives of high school boys and when the clock expires on Friday night and your husbands efforts and family sacrifices pay off.

Ok, ok...the main part that made me cry is when "Brooke" (the wife) was sitting at the doctor's office (again). If you don't want to know what happens in the movie then don't read this part. She receives the "negative" pregnancy test result once again and leaves the doctors office. Keep in mind they have been trying for 4 years! And he gets tested and realizes that it's "him" that is the cause of the infertility. So then the nurses realize they have the charts mixed up with "another" B. Taylor....so the nurse runs out to the parking lot...but BEFORE the nurse reaches her....Brooke says "GOD I WILL STILL LOVE YOU." UHHH....how amazing is her faith and love for God to continue to stay after 4 years...and if it never happens...I'll still love you Lord." SUCH A GREAT LINE! Then the nurse shares the GOOD news and Brooke holds it inside until her husband's team goes on to win the State Championship game. He is overwhelmed by God's goodness ....all in one day...he wins a state championship which seemed IMPOSSIBLE ...and finds out he'll be a DADDY. At the end of the movie, she walks in and Grant (the coach) is playing with his little boy and she is pregnant AGAIN...with ANOTHER state championship trophy on the wall. NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD! I'd be fine with having "our story" end up like theirs! :) Go see the movie! Praise the Lord for being glorified on the big screen all across the nation!