Cheerleader

Have you ever been to any kids sporting events where there were cheerleaders?  Having raised a family not very short of kids, we got to go to our share of football games and basketball games...two sports that invariably have cheerleaders present.  One of the cheers they offer up while facing the audience is a routine that goes like:

 

Cheerleaders:  "I say..........."

Cheerleaders:  "and you say............."

Audience:   what ever the "you say........." blank was.

 

I guess that is known as the "I say, you say" cheer according to one of my daughters who was a cheerleader.  It was used to build up a little audience participation and hype.

 

In our daily lives we are blessed to have the greatest cheerleader ever in the form of God.  If you accept that you are one of His children, he is always there with an encouraging word for you.  He also does the "you say...I say" thing if we but want to listen.  It's like this: