The last two days were the first round games of the NCAA Division One Men\u2019s Basketball Tournament. Better known as the Road to the Final Four. This is also the time of the year that high school teams in Missouri are playing for the state championship. The NBA season is beginning to move towards the playoffs as well. I love this time of year. I especially love watching March Madness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All of this reminds me a Coach Armstrong. We would be talking about the games we watched. The players that were making the biggest impact. I was always looking forward to our conversations. One thing he used to say was, \u201cYou better have your ducks in a row.\u201d Basically saying, you better be prepared. You never know what\u2019s coming. Not only was he talking about basketball, he was talking about life. And he was spot on. If you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail. Preparation in basketball takes practice. Perfect practice. That\u2019s how you get better. Hard practice leads to easy games. The same can be said about life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We aren\u2019t promised tomorrow. We aren\u2019t promised the next few minutes. We never know what\u2019s coming around the corner. Or when the end is going to be here. When we are born, we are promised one thing. There will be an end. So maybe we need to look at our lives. Maybe we need to take inventory and make sure that we are prepared. And the only way to be prepared for eternity is to have Jesus in our lives. That\u2019s the only way to ensure that we are ready. If you don\u2019t know Jesus, let\u2019s talk. Let\u2019s make sure you are prepared. Let\u2019s make sure you are ready for when life here ends. If you do know Jesus, make sure that you are living life like he wants you to. Love him. Love others. Serve the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The last two days were the first round games of the NCAA Division One Men\u2019s Basketball Tournament. Better known as the Road to the Final Four. This is also the time of the year that high school teams in Missouri are playing for the state championship. The NBA season is beginning to move towards the … <\/p>\n