Best Wishes

 

I really would love to attend the first round of this basketball tournament that our BYUWBB team will be a part of later this week. I know it is not necessarily the tournament we needed going into this month, but there is no question that the lord's hand was part of this in some way and knowing we can play as good as any other collegiate teams out there is truly remarkable. I am confident that our players will give it every thing they can on the Marriott Center court and make it an experience that BYU fans remember for years down the road. I am not particularly certain if we will ever get a chance to make it to one of these at some point and yet it would be amazing to witness this in person. I have complete and utter faith that everything will work out like it is supposed to which if you ask me is more true than it is not---but you get the idea of things here??? 

I am truly blessed to have followed this team's journey from the beginning of our conference play to this point in time and knowing we have so much ahead for us. I have loved getting to watch our players give every single game one hundred precent of what they are capable of doing and recognizing that there is so much good to come from this experience. We are going to make a good impression as we look forward in the post season that is literally around the corner and seeing what things our team needs to work on for the next year is going to be incredible. 

I had it all mapped out in front of me

Knew just where I wanted to go

But life decided to change my plans

And I found a mountain in the middle of my road

I knew there was no way to move it, so I search for a way around

Broken-hearted, I started climbing 

And at the top I found

Every fear, every doubt, all the pain I went through

Was the price that I paid to see this view

And now that I'm here, I would never trade

The grace that I feel and the faith that I find

Through the bittersweet tears and the sleepless nights

I used to pray He'd take it all away

But intstead it became

A beautiful heartbreak

I never dreamed my heart would make it

And I thought about turning around

But heaven has shown me miracles

I never would have seen from the ground

Now I take the rain with the sunshine

Cause' there's one thing that I know

He picks up the pieces

Along each broken road

Every fear, every doubt, all the pain I went through

Was the price that I paid to see this view

And now that I'm here, I would never trade

The grace that I feel and the faith that I find

Through the bittersweet tears and the sleepless nights

I used to pray He'd take it all away

But instead it became

A beautiful heartbreak

I would never trade

The grace that I feel and the faith that I find

Through the bittersweet tears and the sleepless nights

I used to pray He'd take it all away

But instead it became

A beautiful heartbreak

This beautiful song is truly one of the many things that came to mind when thinking about what plans our BYUWBB team had right in front of them. I obviously didn't know where they were going to be at heading into their post season and realizing that maybe this experience for them was needed to happen for a specific reason. I know the Lord's hand was definitely in this process and knowing it what was this team needed going forward into what I know is a very bright future for all of them. I am truly grateful to be one of their many fans who love watching them play a sport they love and are very passionate about in more ways than one!!! I may not know next to nothing in regards to basketball whatsoever or let alone how to be coordinated in sports like this one, but I am confident our team will give it everything they can into their game later this week. I am fairly confident the Lord will direct and guide our coaches who work tirelessly behind the scenes to make everything happen is going to be evident in almost every way possible. 

"Trials either break you or build you. You may not choose your trials, but you always choose your response."