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In the Beginning | p. 2 |
What a Day! | p. 4 |
Good as One's Word | p. 6 |
Homework | p. 8 |
A Change of Plans | p. 10 |
The Eye of a Needle | p. 12 |
The Jesus Way | p. 14 |
Making a Joyful Noise | p. 16 |
A Second Chance | p. 18 |
Home Improvement | p. 20 |
God's Workforce | p. 22 |
One Tough Cookie | p. 24 |
Bad Times-Good Witness | p. 26 |
The Ultimate Makeover | p. 28 |
A Strategy for Success | p. 30 |
Dreams That Don't Come True | p. 32 |
Cheers | p. 34 |
The Good Old Days | p. 36 |
Running for Your Life | p. 38 |
Rain Check | p. 40 |
The Testing Time | p. 42 |
Smiling Faces | p. 44 |
A House Fit for a King | p. 46 |
No Turning Back | p. 48 |
The Leader | p. 50 |
Cuss Words | p. 52 |
Choices | p. 54 |
Wise, Innocent and Ready | p. 56 |
A Dog's Life | p. 58 |
One Thing for Sure | p. 60 |
Looking to the Lord | p. 62 |
Fathers and Sons | p. 64 |
Going Fishing | p. 66 |
The Grudge | p. 68 |
Quiet Time | p. 70 |
Getting Smart | p. 72 |
Payback | p. 74 |
The / in Pride | p. 76 |
Mysterious Ways | p. 78 |
Amazing! | p. 80 |
At the Last Trumpet | p. 82 |
The Word | p. 84 |
In God's Own Time | p. 86 |
Southern Hospitality | p. 88 |
Our Inheritance | p. 90 |
Throwing in the Towel | p. 92 |
Cheap Tricks | p. 94 |
Looking Ahead | p. 96 |
The Gift | p. 98 |
The Big Time | p. 100 |
Resting Easy | p. 102 |
Going Out in Style | p. 104 |
A Gentleman and a Player | p. 106 |
Never a Good Idea | p. 108 |
Jumping for Joy | p. 110 |
A Bolt Out of the Blue | p. 112 |
Language Barrier | p. 114 |
Out of Character | p. 116 |
Doing What You've Gotta Do | p. 118 |
A Frustrating Season | p. 120 |
The Sure Foundation | p. 122 |
The Winning Formula | p. 124 |
Mamas and Their Children | p. 126 |
Getting Ready | p. 128 |
The Scars | p. 130 |
A Matter of Perspective | p. 132 |
No Turning Back | p. 134 |
A Distant Country | p. 136 |
Family Men | p. 138 |
Dry as a Bone | p. 140 |
The Heart of the Matter | p. 142 |
Tough Love | p. 144 |
Deserving Better | p. 146 |
Flat Busted | p. 148 |
No Carrying Charge | p. 150 |
Answering the Call | p. 152 |
Ten to Remember | p. 154 |
Top Secret | p. 156 |
A Lesser Court | p. 158 |
Expecting the Unexpected | p. 160 |
Divided Loyalties | p. 162 |
Fear Factor | p. 164 |
Peacemongers | p. 166 |
Glory Days | p. 168 |
The Middle of Nowhere | p. 170 |
A Level Playing Field | p. 172 |
Suit Up | p. 174 |
At a Loss | p. 176 |
Getting Better | p. 178 |
Celebration Time | p. 180 |
Bibliography | p. 183 |
Replays | p. 187 |
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DAY 1
In the Beginning
Read Genesis 1, 2:1-3
"God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good" (v. 1:31)
.
Sack races, wheelbarrow races, and high kicks rather than football and
basketball. Suspenders and shaving mugs rather than championship rings. In the
beginning that was athletics at the University of Tennessee.
The driving force behind the fi rst athletic contests at UT was a pair of
professors. According to Russ Bebb inThe Big Orange, in the late 1880s
Charles Plumb and Charles Summers organized the first intramural field days at
Tennessee. In January 1889 the events included "a potato race, sack race,
fifty-yard dash, high kick contest, and standing long jump" plus a wheelbarrow
race. The last event was the highlight of the day because there were several
wrecks, some precipitated by Professor Summers himself, who insisted on racing.
In the spring of that same year, Bebb said, Professor Plumb was at it again,
organizing a fi eld day that included prizes for the winners. The athlete with
the greatest number of points for the day won a silver shaving mug and a
silver-handled brush.
Other prizes included a gold-headed cane, a pair of suspenders (satin, no
less), a set of Charles Dickens's novels, and a straw hat.
In the beginning, this was the athletic program at the University of Tennessee.
Beginnings are important, but what we make of them -- what follows -- is even more
important. Every morning, you get an important gift from God: a new beginning.
The day lies before you expectant and pristine. You can use it to pay a debt,
start a new relationship, replace a burned-out light bulb, tell your family you
love them, chase a dream, solve a nagging problem, right old wrongs...or
not.
God simply provides the gift. How you use it is up to you. People often talk
wistfully about starting over or making a new beginning. God gives you the
chance with the dawning of every new day.
The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal
and launch, get started, take action, move.
-- Basketball coach John Wooden
Every day is not just a dawn; it is a precious chance to start over or begin
anew.
God Bless the Vols ©; 2007 Ed McMinn
Excerpted from God Bless the Vols: Devotions for the Die-Hard Tennessee Fan by Edward McMinn
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