Life is a fight!

I sat down with an amazing professional MMA fighter yesterday.  We talked about all the normal things, recent fights, upcoming fights, fighters, judges, etc.  Then our conversation took an unexpected turn and things became very serious.  He began to open up to me about some really tough personal struggles. I was quickly reminded why FIGHT CHURCH exists, to help real people with real issues. 

I think that sometimes we forget that certain people are still just people.  This often happens with athletes, celebrities and even prominent pastors.  We see these people on T.V. or read about them in magazines and think that they are different than us.  Now, there are plenty of ways in which they are very different, but there are also way that we are all the same.

I always joke around about my MMA training and tell people that there is no way I could ever do what MMA fighters do.  That’s not the joke.  That is as true as it gets.  Fighters are incredible athletes and are tough as nails.  In this area, we couldn’t be more different.  The way we are the same… what we all have in common is that life is hard.  Things get messed up and turned around.  People we love hurt us, get sick and leave us. 

In the fight game, injuries happen, loses come, setbacks, contracts are lost, judges make bad decisions… all kinds of things.  The fact is that we are all in a fight of sorts and we all have to be tough.  Whether it’s physical, mental, financial, spiritual or whatever, we must prepare, be strong and fight. 

In MMA, a fighter’s “camp” is very important.  These are the people that a fighter trains with, learns from and depends on.  They are there day in and day out pushing, challenging and encouraging.  When it’s time to fight they are there before, during and after.  This is another thing that we all have in common, we need help. 

We all have struggles… life is tough… many days it feels like a fight… it is hard to go it alone…  we are all in this together… FIGHT CHURCH is here to help!  Please let us know if there is something that we can be praying about for you or if there is something we could help out with.  We are available to meet or whatever we need to do!