You have heard, “a picture is worth 1,000 words.” Well, this is probably true concerning this picture. In fact, what I want to do is to just use this picture to tell you what it represents.

A Friday Night: On Friday nights at this time of year, you will find “the Floyd Family” at some high school football stadium. We have done football for years and still do football. At this traditional “Blue and Gold” game at our school, excitement is building towards the opening game two weeks from the night this picture was taken. On this Friday night, Jeana and I went by to pick up Peyton and bring him to the ballgame, and he was fired up!

A Relationship: This picture represents a relationship between Peyton and me. He is my first grandchild of three. He already understands many things, football being one of them. He can go “down, set, hut” and act it out. He is holding in his hands two football figures Jeana found the other day that Josh and Nick played with as children. Peyton loves them too. This relationship now spans a generation. Of course, in the picture you see Peyton pointing upward to his Gigi (Jeana) …yes, a relationship! It is all about relationships, is it not?

An Experience: This experience we had was a great one. It is really special to go by your son’s home, pick up his son, and experience with him what you and your son had experienced so many times.

A Game: Hey, we are teaching Peyton, “football is a game.” “It is not “life.” We taught our boys this and he will learn it too. Sure, it is important while you are doing it, and you should do it with all of your heart to the glory of God, BUT it is just a game. God is so creative, He has blessed us with the privilege of having fellowship with Him and others, even around a game. These kinds of experiences He grants to us in life are privileges, yes privileges we do not need to take for granted.

While my kids were with us, we did Jesus, church, and football. We kept it in order the vast majority of time and had one great ride.

Whatever you do, try to keep perspective and remember, much of life is a “game” and that does not make it bad, but do remember it as you live life. Stop long enough, take some pictures, and hold in your heart the memories.