Keep On Playing

[288 words] Many of you have seen the picture of Roxanne Chalifoux, the crying piccolo player from Villanova. Just after her team had lost a three point game to underdog North Carolina State in the NCAA basketball tourney, the cameras captured her sadness on the jumbo-tron and later on national TV. I was impressed with her passion and loyalty to her school; love sometimes shines brightest in loss. However, I was even more impressed that she played her tiny musical instrument despite the tears. She did not stop or run away; she kept on playing. Our Christian lives encounter times just like that. The hurts and disappointments can mount and tears can flow. It is then that we have to decide whether we will quit the faith and run to the world for comfort or play on for the glory of the Lord. Beaten, hungry, and chained in a prison…