At the ol' ball game

Today in church, I had lots of good, inspiring thoughts. This was one of them.

Life is a baseball game. You have a coach who knows what is best and is there to guide you. You play on a team made up of people you love. They support you in everything you do, even when you fail miserably. They cheer you on and encourage you. You have fans as well who you might not know personally, but from far away, they are impressed and you often motivate them to be better. You are on an allstar team, but there is also a pretty good team opposing you. They mock you in various ways (hey Batter! Batter! SWING! Batter! Batter!), distract you from what is important (the game), and they may even cheer when you make a mistake. There also may be hidden ruts in the field that trip you or slow you down. But despite the opposition, you are supposed to hit this really fast-moving ball, with a stick and run from first base, to second base, to third base, and then home again.

You see, life is a baseball game. We have a Heavenly coach who knows all and can guide us through anything. We have a team made up of friends and family, fans who may be our friends or who we may not know at all. There is always opposition whether it be temptations, Satan, being made fun of, etc.(Hey Batter! Batter! SIN! Batter! Batter!) We experience trials regularly like a rut in a field. We have tasks and missions set out for us that we must complete like a player must touch all of the bases before running home. And our ultimate goal is to make it home -home to our loving Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and our family for eternity. And when we make it home, it is like scoring a point for good, for righteousness.

Go team!

And that's what Jenny thinks.