Curveball

The bases are loaded

You're teams down in points and you're at the bat

The crowd is still

The lights are bright

You concentrate on the pitcher 

He gives a nod to the catcher

3, 2, 1

You're ready for anything

Or so you think; until a curveball is thrown.

I'm not a baseball fanatic, I've been to a couple games, watched the world series a couple times. However it seems that God tends to send a curveball when you least expect it in life. Everything is going well when, whoops didn't see that one coming!

I'm learning that you have a couple choices in life when one is thrown your way. You can be:

Caught off guard

Not swing 

Change your mind at the last second

Swing and miss it 

Or the alternative which is to:

See it. 

Recognize it. 

Wait for it 

And swing to hit it out of the park. 

Either way you will reap the benefits or consequences of either action. And you don't always know what a curveball might hold. Some curveballs are lessons. God testing us in a way. Will we see that this isn't the right pitch for us and wait for the next? Or go ahead swing? Three strikes you're out in baseball, but isn't it an amazing and beautiful thing that God gives us more than three chances in this life? God's also teaching me a lot about love. But that is for a later post.

I've had a couple curveballs thrown my way. One I decided to not to reach out but let the pitcher catch and that was a mistake. God gave me another chance though and I reached for it and found a good friend here in Haiti. The third curveball I let God catch and am finding peace knowing that one of our kids is being watched over by Him, wherever she may be He's taking care of her.

Hold fast. Trust God. You never know what adventure is waiting for you after you swing or don't swing that bat.