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Who’s On Your Team?
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Who’s on your team?
The Olympics have been phenomenal! Not only have we seen individual athletes at their best, we’ve also seen epic team work.
Did you see the Fab Five USA Women gymnasts take gold?
What about the golden girls of our USA rowing team?
And our swimming relays – male and female – have been incredible!
We’re not going to even talk about Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings in beach volleyball! Amazing!
The USA basketball dream team!
And the track and field relays are coming up this week.
Team work at its best.
So, who’s on your team?
Who’s pushing you to do your best?
Who’s right by your side – rowing, tumbling, running, dunking?
That person for me is my husband, Kevin.
This year marks our 11th anniversary.
We’re husband/wife, the best of friends, as well as ministry and business partners.
Needless to say, we’ve been through A LOT and we’re around each other A LOT!
Today, we’ll be sharing part of our journey in a radio interview at 10 AM PT/ 1 PM ET with Carl Thornton, Jr. If you’re in the GA and SC area, you can catch it live on 1550 AM WTHB. For the rest of us, you can stream LIVE ONLINE.
People ask us all the time how we’re making “it” work.
I’m reminded of the verse in Philippians often. Paul wrote:
PHILIPPIANS 2:3-4>
3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
Of course, this is easier said than done…
but I think it’s something that we have learned and are still learning to do daily – to do nothing out of selfish ambition and conceit, but value each other above ourselves. When we went through counseling, after surviving cancer, we kept being brought back to this concept of letting go of selfishness. It’s difficult because it’s so ingrained in us as human beings to look out for self.
But, once we said “I Do”, it was a lifelong commitment to not looking out for our own interests, but for each other.
We see it in our Olympians too. The women gymnast team coach said she made ever decision in the team finals based on what was best for the team, not any one individual. Each person had to do their best, but they pulled it together for the team.
I find the volleyball most fascinating because Misty and Kerri are functioning together like a well-oiled machine. One sets the other up. They dive, they run, they’re doing whatever it takes together as a team.
Kevin and I are a team.
And we remind each other of that all the time.
We’re not here to tear each other down. We’re here to build each other up.
We have the same name on the back of our jersey.
We’re in this together.
So, who’s on your team?
Spouse? Friends? Family?
Today would be a good day to give ’em a high five and remind each other that we’re all in this thing together!
Naima
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Great Team Photo :-).. Love to see the Olympics and see all the athletes, I never watch horse riding, but at the Olympics all events are just great to see. People inspiring people and trying to be excellent using their talents, it reminds me that I also need to try to be excellent in what I do. We aren’t always in the winning team when talking about this life, work, sports or Olympics but I am glad to know that together with my brothers and sisters we are in a team that can’t lose as in the end we know that our Lord will be victorious. Let’s try to be excellent and use the talents the Lord gave us.
Praise our Lord. And bless you Kevin and Naima for this inspiring blog
Thanks Hanno.
Always good to hear from you. I love the Olympics too. And you’re so right, all the events are great to see. Thanks for the reminder to keep the end victory in mind. Best to you!
I love seeing people demonstrate what a solid team looks like and the Olympics are certainly great examples of that! It gives me even more motivation to figure out who my teammates are and walk (or run) alongside them. Some people don’t have the supportive family or a spouse and this is why it is so important for all of us to become that support for each other. When we work together, we grow enormously and become so much stronger than if we were to remain alone.