Mascots

March 1

Mascots are a symbol or representative of a school or perhaps a team, some churches even have a mascot.  As you know I am a big University of South Carolina fan and our mascot is the fighting Gamecocks.  Now growing up i had to endure the mockery of my teams mascot with people saying things like "yall eat your mascot hahah" and "yall are just chickens".  Admittedly my team has been a flop for most of their existence until lately when they have become a household name.  During the tough years I hung on to our mascot.  Sir Big Spur is a very good looking game bird, and anyone who said he was just a chicken should try to grab a game bird and let me know how that works out for you.  All I knew was that there are lots of lions and tigers and bears but only one Cocky.
In high school i was a Bobcat.  It was a unique animal a cat with no tail....  We were good but always seemed to get beat by the Lions of Daniel High.  I hated that school and to this day aint too fond of it.
 In elementary school I went to Oakwood Christian School.  We were the Eagles, but unlike my other affiliations this mascot came with a verse of scripture.

Isaiah 40:30-31
Even the youths shall faint and be weary and young men shall utterly fall. BUT they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up on wings like eagles, they shall run and not grow weary they shall walk and not faint.


Like no other time in my life I can testify to the validly of this verse. Like no other time i can identify with this mascot.    I can point to times in my life the last seven years where i was running and grew weary, i was utterly failing. Waiting on the Lord is by far one of the most difficult things you will ever do in this christian life.  But if you will.... and i beg you to.... wait on the Lord, you will see as i have seen and the hymn writer

Thomas Obadiah Chisolm wrote about

Great is thy faithfulness
Great is Thy faithfulness
You see i finally understood with my heart not just my head that it was never was about my faithfulness to God but His faithfulness to me.
I prayed for yall this morning




Oh God my Father

There is no shadow of turning in Thee

Thou changest not Thy compasions they fail not

As Thou has been Thou forever will be


Great is Thy faithfulness

Morning by morning new mercies I see

All i have NEEDED Thy hand hast provided

Great is Thy faithfulness Lord unto me!



I love each one of you

Brian P. Gibbs