The Long Shot pt 4

By September, Scott Long expects to be in a stadium filled with fans while catching spirals from an NFL quarterback.  Until that day comes though, he'll have to settle on catching tennis balls being whizzed at his head by his girlfriend.  Which by the way he asks her to do, he even taunts her while she's throwing them.

Aint love grand?

When asked if they'll burn through thousands of text messages a month while apart during the NFL season, Long just laughs and responds, "We do that now!"

He says he doesn't worry about things that most couples in along distance relationship might. He points to the fact that both he and his girlfriend have a close realtionship with Christ which will help them ease the struggles of separation.
So for a couple that close, the idea of throwing tennis balls at one another may seem strange. But that chunk of "quality time" pays dividends by improving Scott's hand eye coordination and preparing him for those spirals in September.


Monday
By Scott Long as told to Travis Williams

Monday was my latest workout which went great! I caught everything, ran my routes well and got some great feedback from the staff. The team that came in brought almost the ENTIRE staff. The general manager, offensive coordinator, wide receiver coach, special teams coordinator and two high level scouts were all there. They sent the big shots in. The head coach was the only person who wasn't there.

It gave me a satifying feeling because when a team brings that kind of heavy artillery it lets you know they're really interested.  I felt blessed for the opportunity for them to come down and God showed up in a big way like he always does.

We also watched the Kentucky game from last year and I took them through our plays and showed them that I understood our offense and understand how to attack certain defenses. They wanted to see my knowledge of football basically. It gave me a surreal feeling like I was in an NFL meeting room, it was just a really cool feeling.
 
Baseball and Downtime

With some of this downtime my girl and I are gonna go to the Louisville Slugger Museum.  Baseball was my passion, my heart and my best sport. My dream was always to play centerfield for the Atlanta Braves and I honestly think I could've played pro ball. 

I've been in Louisville for five years and haven't been to the Louisville Slugger Museum. I don't know why or what it is, but I've said since my freshman year that I'm going and just never had. So we're gonna check it out and see what that's about and just do some real "touristy" things.

Closing

Once there was this man who put on a show for a large gathering of people at Niagara Falls. He stood high atop the onlookers on a thin wire suspended across the falls.

He shouted down to the people, " Who thinks I can walk across this wire?"

The people all thought he was crazy and shouted back, "Don't try it, you will surely die." So the man walks the wire across to the other side. He shouts down a second time, " Who thinks I can walk back across blind-folded?"

The people again respond, " Don't do it, you will surely die." So the man returns to where he started wearing a blind-fold. He shouts down again, "Who thinks I can walk across, pushing this wheel barrel?" Now, a few people are confident in the man and reply, " We think you can!" The man says, "ok, come up here and hop in the wheel barrel." Needless to say those people were no longer so confident.

Hebrews 11:1 says, "Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see."

Sometimes, we just have to trust God, and hop into the wheel barrel. Even when we cannot see the outcome or are frightened by the unknown. It may sound crazy but he created the universe, I doubt there's anything too hard for him. Have a blessed week.

Yours truely, 84