We have dreams we want to see happen and visions we want to accomplish, but it takes a lot of energy to keep running toward them.
When we learn to make God a personal friend, he will become real to us, and in doing so teach us how to become a “true friend” to others.
Something we can all learn from basketball, that gets little attention when it comes to our relationship with God, is the importance of an offense and defense to beat burnout.