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Our Christian Lives Are Like a Baseball Player
By Pastor William Pape
Rick Warren, a well-known minister and preacher, held his Easter
Worship Service this year at the
But, there is a lesson that can be learned in life from baseball
players. Baseball players, no matter how
good they are, all have their good and bad moments. The good moments are a pitcher throwing a
no-hit ball game, a batter hitting a grand slam home run, an outfielder making
a catch by jumping in the air right at the outfield wall, a runner sliding into
home plate to win the game, a batter hitting over 300 for the season. When these things happen, all of cheer and
wish we had the ability to do those things.
But, the opposite also happens in baseball, usually more often than the
good times. The pitcher who this far in
the season has a 2-8 pitching record, the batter with the 168 batting
percentage well into the season, the outfielder dropping a fly that that a high
school player would have caught, the shortstop who fumbles the ball and then
can't even find it, the third baseman who throws an easy out five feet over the
first baseman's head, the runner trying to steal home base to win the game and
is put out when he is still a foot from home plate.
Isn't that the way it is in our Christian Lives also? We want to do the things God would have us
do, i.e., to pray and to honor and worship God, be faithful in our worship attendance,
help other people in need, be a role model to our family and others of what it
is like to be a Christian, just in general to live a life that would be
pleasing to God and those around us.
And, like the baseball player, sometimes with God's help, we actually
are successful in being this role model and giving praise and thanksgiving to
God.
But as a life long Christian baseball player as it were, our batting
average, catching fly balls, pitching games, stealing bases, throwing outs to
first base as a Christian often fall far short of what we and God would like us
to be able to do. The good thing
is: God is always ready to forgive our
sins and failures and to give us another chance if we sincerely ask God to do
so.
IT'S CALLED GRACE!
TO GOD BE THE GLORY!
AMEN
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