I guess the last post really took it out of me, because I haven't been able to come up with anything to blog about in almost 2 weeks. Today I decided to go ahead and write something, whether is was much or not, just to get my juices flowing again! And yet as I sit here, I've got nothing haha!
Oh wait... I think it is coming to me... yes... BASEBALL! :)
Tommy loves watching baseball and since it is that time of year and I like being in the same room as my husband, I get to watch a lot of it as well. Tonight it is the Rangers vs the Athletics, which if you are like me, means very little! I usually try to keep up with Tommy's teams and some players just so I will have something to talk to him about but I haven't been able to get into baseball very much this season. Anyway, just a few minutes ago one of the Rangers, who I have actually heard of, hit a home run, hard and fast out of the park. And the crown went wild! I couldn't help but laugh at the heavy-set grown men going crazy over another man's accomplishment! They were screaming, jumping, high five-ing and even "bro hugging", it was as if they had done something amazing themselves! But they didn't, their biggest contribution was buying a ticket and maybe having a hot dog!
As with so many things, I immediately saw this as a parable to the Christian life. There are always those people who seem to really be in the middle of what God is doing and they get to be a part of unbelievable things, hitting it out of the park. Then there are also those who stay in the stands and watch and wait and finally waste away! In my life, I don't want to be just the girl in the stands cheering the big dogs on, I want to be a home run hitter myself. Now I know that there are going to be times when I need to be the cheerleader and encourage those around me, but I don't want to sum total of my life be, "I saw some pretty cool stuff." I want to DO some pretty cool stuff, to be in the middle of the action and excitement. I am not satisfied with sitting around hearing stories of God using people, doing miracles, saving lives, changing hearts or completely shaking things up; Christians were never intended to just be spectators . Jesus please use me to do those things and let my life be so consumed with you that I can hit anything out of the park and inspire others to pick up a bat themselves!
At the risk of sounding like I didn’t get the point of your post at all I want to say “Go Heather go! Go Heather go!”
ReplyDeleteSeriously, you and Tommy are out on the field all the time whether you’re at work/church or at home training those girls. And don’t forget the smiles you share or the prayers you pray. Homeruns don’t always have to be big crowd-pleasers. They just have to be God pleasers.