Pastor David Russow tells a delightful story about what he calls one of his “low-lights” as a high school football player. He was a sophomore in high school and in the starting line-up for the very first time. The other team had the ball and it was 4th down. Their punter went back to punt the ball, when Russow knifed through the line and blocked the punt.  The ball was bounding toward the 15 yard line, toward the opposing team’s goal line. Potentially this would be an easy score for Russow’s team.

Of course, having blocked the kick, Russow himself was closest to the ball. But, for some reason, he stopped. He froze as he stared at the ball and thought to himself, “Hey, I blocked the punt and our offense will take over and score.”

Then above his thoughts he heard the coach’s voice, “Don’t …