Thinking about a phone call ...

Last night Patty and I attended Stacy's wedding. We did not make the first Tuttle High School football game. Try as we might we could not find out how the game had gone. Late in the evening we discovered the weather had interrupted the game and Tuttle was behind. They lost to Marlow 8-7.

I thought of last football season. Generally when I did not make an away game I could count on a phone call from Lyle. He would give me a run down. I missed that call last night. During home games when he was at the station he would call me to see how the game was going. If he was not at the station we would be sitting at about the 50-yard line watching his Alma Mater tee it up. I will miss the calls and my friend in the stands.

I am watching the OU game. Right now OU is tied with UAB at halftime. Again, if Lyle were not at the game he would have invited friends over to watch the game. No doubt he would be a bit disappointed OU was not up at least 21-7. Yet, he would be optimistic.

The season will be a bit longer this year.

However, I am reminded of the description in Hebrews of the great cloud of witnesses that surround us. I suspect Lyle may see the games I see from a different seat. Who knows? We'll find out one day.