Game Time Decision
...as not going to be able to make it to her game. As I was thinking those exact thoughts my in my brain my mother came up to me and told me exactly the opposite of what I was hoping and wanting to hear from her at that time. Just as any other Seventh Day Adventist boy deep down inside I was praying that she would say I could not go, so I would not have to make the decision between God and something else. She said, “The decision is up to you whether you want to go to church or to the volleyball game; but I know you will make the right decision; but if you want to go to the volleyball game I will not be upset or angry at you.” When she first said those words I thought I was dreaming, and I replied, “You are kidding right, you are joking, you really will not let me go to the volleyball game. So you want me to go to church right, because if you do I will go to church.” But my mother once again stressed, “ Whatever you want to do is fine with me, you are old enough now to make you own decisions, I should not have to be telling you what to do anymore, you should be responsible and mature enough to make the right decision, end of conversation.” So I thought to myself, “Great, now I really do not know what to do.” As that Friday night passed by I was in my room thinking what I would do. I just was stuck and needed some help so I prayed to God, “Lord let me make the right decision.” As I was praying that prayer it hit me, why am I praying to God at all, I know what I should do, I should go to church. The Lord just asks for one out of seven days for us to set aside for Him. The least I or anyone else could do is just give Him that day with all our heart, soul, and mind. So I knew from that point on what was the right decision, and it would be to attend church instead of a volleyball game. Anyway there would be more volleyball games and many other days, but God only asks us for one day and we should give it to Him with the full respect He deserves. Later on that night my cousin called me to find out if I would be going to her volleyball game, and I very proudly said that I would not be able to make to her game because I had so...