Taylor and I just returned from Jacksboro where the district track meet preliminary running events and final field events were held. We give God glory Taylor came in third over all in the prelims for the JV 400 running his best time by one second to make it into the finals. He will run in the finals on Thursday night in the 400 and the 4X400 relay.
Afterward he threw the shot put. All year he has been asking God to help him throw over forty feet. He has thrown between thirty-seven and thirty-nine feet all year. He has won first place in all the meets except the one track meet he threw against varsity throwers.
Today he prayed again asking God to help him throw forty feet. His first throw went forty feet and two inches. We celebrated and said, "Glory to God." Another boy threw around forty feet in warm ups so we knew the competition would be stiff. Taylor walked over to me on the side and we prayed together asking God to help him do his best while the other guys were throwing. His second throw went forty feet nine inches. Again glory to God.
On Taylor's final throw he threw a personal best throw of forty-two feet and one and three quarter inches. GLORY TO GOD! He won first place and is the 2012 JV district JV shot champ. He acted kiddy on the way home. People kept congratulating him and making a big deal over the distance. I warned him on the way out of the stadium that his flesh would at some point like to steal the glory from God and not to let that happen.
We know God gave him the strength and power to win. We know the Lord increased his throws over four feet in the past month and today gave him his three longest throws ever. Like I said, "Glory to God!" Today we saw [Phil 4:13] and [Eph 3:20] personified.
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