This past soccer season the league in which my son and daughter were playing had to make up two games due to rain

The price of living in Houston the consensus in the league was that Sunday was the only available day so the makeup games were scheduled for Sunday afternoon.

My family and I sat down to discuss the matter but no discussion was really necessary.

There is no way we were going to participate.

Sunday is the Lord's Day.

Playing youth soccer games on Sunday

makes a definite statement about the priorities

in a community.

Interestingly, the most flack from our decision

came not from irreligious people involved but from the Christians.

You can go to church, then run home and change for the game, one man said.

One of my children's coaches said, I'd be glad to pick them up if there's somewhere you have to be.

Nobody seemed to get it. We weren't making a decision based on the hectic nature of our Sunday

schedule, nor was it a question of our adhering to a legalistic requirement handed down from our denomination.

It was a matter of principle.

Sunday is more than just another day.

Youth sports leagues are great, but they're not sacred. Sunday is. Again, I do not believe that there is a

legalistic requirement not to play any games on a Sunday, nor do I believe that the policeman, fireman, or airline mechanic who goes

into work on Sunday is out of the will of God. I do, however, think that there is a huge difference

between someone whose job requires working on Sunday

and a soccer league that just doesn't care.

Quoted from the ever loving truth

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