I’ve got your back. That line is from one of my favorite movies of all time called The Blind Side. It was on TV recently and I watched it with my girls and some friends. There are so many great lessons in that movie, but the recurring theme that speaks so sweetly to me is that we are to look out for others. The story, in case you haven’t seen it, or it has been a while, is about a sweet and tough southern mama played by Sandra Bullock, and her family, who take in a big kid who has no family and no home. He becomes a football star, and eventually goes on to play in the NFL. Big Mike had no one, and their family became his family. They had his back for no other reason than that they saw a kid in need, and they met the need. What was so sweet in the movie was that when Big Mike realized as a football player that he was to have his team’s back, and particularly to defend his quarterback, he was unstoppable. How good are we at that in our relationships. How can you have your friends or family’s back when difficult situations arise? I hope we can develop that same kind of bulldog tenacity that says, no matter what, I’ve got your back. How comforting to know that God’s doing that for us!
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