Because We're Family...

Yesterday...

A beautiful morning in the harbor...

Just the perfect day for an overnight trip...

to attend a girls' high school basketball game...

Joshua and Daniel arose early

and set out on their 6 + hour journey

across two states...

Why, you ask???

Because we're family.

My grandniece, Hannah,

was playing in the Vermont 

Girls' Basketball High School 

Championship game...

Hannah is in green...she's a point guard...

Her dad, Shawn, is the coach...

And Josh and Dan wanted to be there...

The opposing team was an amazing group 

of young ladies...

They had not lost a game in the past 4 years

including the state championships...

 

Hannah's team was ranked #10 

at the end of the season 

with 11 wins and 11 losses...

Just to make it this far

was an incredible accomplishment

for these determined young ladies...

And Joshua and Daniel had to be there

to support and encourage their cousin...

Joshua, cousin Noah, and Daniel...Comet Strong!

Because that's what families do...

How important is it for us to remember, however,

that although we belong to a biological family

that we should love and support...

Those of us who profess the name of Christ

as our Lord and Saviour

also belong to another family...

And we need to be there for that family

as well...

There are so many wonderful ways

we can support our other "family"...

A meal for someone feeling poorly...

Help with a project around the home...

A visit to someone who lives alone...

and most importantly...

keeping family members in our  daily prayers...

Hannah's team played an incredible game...

And were proud to accept the 2nd place trophy...

Because they had played "as a family..." 

 " As we have therefore opportunity, 

let us do good unto all men, 

especially unto them who are of the household of faith..."

Galatians 6:10