Sweet Ride for the Summer

Today was great, I was able to sleep in and wake up to pancakes for breakfast. The meals keep getting better by the night and I love it. After pancakes, I headed to Buffalo Wild Wings to do a "meet and greet" with the team for the fans. No one really showed up once again probably because it is way to early in the season to really do anything. I mean not even all of the players are here yet. Well at least we were able to get free food out of the whole thing. After that I headed back to the house and basically relaxed for the rest of the afternoon. My host parents also surprised me last night with a Jeep Wrangler to drive for the summer. It is pretty sweet and we all spent a majority of the day cleaning it. It basically is transformed from what it looked like before. Even though the car is 12 years old it looks brand new. There is still more we are going to do to make the thing look even better. It will be great to see how it turns out.

Well after cleaning we had a super light practice today since the field was basically un-playable because of the super intense storm over the night. It was literally thunder and lightning after thunder and lightning. It just wouldn't stop I had never seen anything like it. I don't think they could even recreate something like that in the movies. Anyways, practice went well and hopefully we will be ready for our season opener tomorrow night! I can't wait to see how that goes and I am anxious to get back on the baseball field and compete.

As you could see lately, I have been imputing a new theme within my writings and kind of taking a different aim then I did the last time around. I try to pick something out from each day and try my best to relate it with my walk with Christ and how I typically see things.

I didn't really think anyone read this, but after people asking me what happened last night, I guess I will have to use my time a bit better.

Anyways what I am going to use today is the analogy of making a dirty old car and making it look brand new. It is simple comparing this to our lives as Jesus cleanses us when we decide to fully commit to him. Committing to Jesus at first can be one of the most difficult things at first especially with the enemy (Satan) trying to do everything possible to make us stumble. Often times we can be haunted by our past and right when we think things are going good something else happens to put us down. Now I know that while we are on earth this will continue to happen for our life time but when we have Jesus, He can help us come out of the dirty situation and looking better then we did before. Now of course this will take time and there will be times were we just want to give up and fall into the trap but in the end it will be worth all the trouble. Jesus takes hold of each situation and makes us learn from it. Overall we come out of the situation a better and stronger person. Jesus' brother James explains this perfectly in James 1:2-3.

"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything."

Now considering it "pure joy" may seem ridiculous at times especially when the situation is at full throttle but we must remember that ALL things are possible with Jesus and he can help us overcome anything. We don't really have to be happy about all of these situations, but we have to try our best to have a positive outlook on it all. The fact that we develop positive characteristics (perseverance) through the situations is motivating enough. It takes time and patience so at times we will need to bear down and take things one "at bat" at a time.

GODISHERENOW.