21 Aug 06 Does God Care About Softball?

Madison tried out for a softball team this past week.  The team is a travel team and to say they take it seriously is an understatement.  She went from being the captain of her travel team in Arlington (and one of the top three players) to an unknown player with a lot of potential.  This, as you might imagine, made her nervous and aprehensive.  After two practices she was thinking about not playing with the team.

Enter Dad.  Who tried to reason with her and explain the way things are.  This of course, led to crying.  One of dad’s problems is that he talks to loud and loud talking is often interpreted as anger or coercion.  Enter Mom.  Who began to explain what Dad was trying to explain.

Facts:

1.  It doesn’t matter which team you try out for or play for right now.  You will be an unknown player with a lot of potential, regardless.

2. That being the case, you should give this team a try and see if you like it.  Nothing ventured nothing gained and nothing to loose.  You still get to play softball for a few months during fall ball even if you decide not to continue with the team.

 Reality:

1.  Dad is a loud talker.  But we’ve already covered that.

Madison decided to accept the invitation to play on the team.  She played with them in a tournament this weekend.  The coaches threw her right in the mix and from what I was told she played like an all-star.  She played first base and made several key plays.  She pitched throughout the tournament and had multiple strikeouts and scoreless innings.  Oh, and they won the tournament.  She has a medal.  You know what the medal says?  "Dad was right!"

So here’s where God get’s involved in things we might not think He cares about.  Turns out one of the girls lives close to us and will be going to the same school, in the same grade with Madison this year.  They will both be first year students at the school.  Turns out another girl on the team went to the school last year and will be attending with them.  It is the same Christian school that is located on the church grounds.

God does move in mysterious ways.