Hear this

Recently I’ve been on this re-occurring thought of love and what that is really supposed to mean. It’s been on my mind through Kiefer, reading C.S. Lewis, Young Life recently, and Beltway. The combination is really challenging my thoughts and views of love and what that is supposed to mean, I think I have figured something out. Life is hard

No, I didn’t figure out that life is hard, I already knew that, you already knew that, we all know that. But here’s the thing, it’s not as hard as I make it, I’m the one making things so difficult and stressful on my own. I was sitting in Beltway two weeks ago and the message entitled “Zeal for God’s House”. The message was amazing, and a lot was covered but what stuck with me was this. Jesus wasn’t always nice, because we serve a jealous God, who loves us too much to make everything “easy” for us, a God who is too just to let our sinful ways as human beings be ok with Him and to smooth everything out for us. Just reminds me of Boy Meets World, “life’s tough, get a helmet”.

Here’s my point that I want to get to and may not be fully understood through this blog, that’s why you can contact me if you want/need. The God of the universe loves me so much and wants what is best for me so much, that He is jealous that I care so much about other things. Don’t misunderstand this, hang with me. I put A LOT into the role baseball plays in my life. People have asked me through numerous injuries, frustrations, etc, “why are you still playing?” My typical response: “I love it too much to stop playing”. Here is where I get put in check, if I love baseball that much, if I put that much into baseball, am I doing it the right way? By that I mean, am I playing baseball for God’s glory? Is the time I spend lifting, running, sweating, hitting, throwing, fielding, stretching, rehabbing, everything, is that time glorifying God? Most of the time I would say yes, but if things are hard with baseball, maybe I need to re-examine if God is really at the center of my baseball. Take this and put it to the test in other areas of your life, go ahead.

Unfortunately, I’m humbled by the fact that I truly believe that God wants me to love and pursue Him FAR MORE than I love and pursue baseball. That is where I have fallen extremely short. Yes, I give God glory for allowing me to play baseball, but if through everything I am not 100% committed to making Him the #1 through other things. I’ve failed and….. life will be hard, this isn’t just about baseball, you can look at any area where you are currently in a storm. I honestly believe that things in our life are hard because He is not truly at the center of them, that He is not being given 100%. He gives and He takes away, and He will get the glory no matter what. So why not allow Him to do it in a way that isn’t painful, stressful, and frustrating!

Alright, that’s all for now!


Much Love