Making our At-Bat count.

I've been in a blogging funk.  Obvi.  But this past week, some thoughts have been weighing heavy on my heart.  Am I doing what I'm supposed to be doing?  This society has so many expectations.  More importantly, God does.  You do what's right.  Make good choices.  Say please and thank you, offer a helping hand, get married THEN have babies.  Those are the rules, right?  Ideally, yes.  I think.

As I kept thinking about this - what I've done right, what I've done wrong - I realized how much life is like a softball game. You hope for a home run, maybe strike out a few times, your fly ball gets caught, you hope the pitcher sends you walking.  And then, she throws you a curve ball instead.  The more I thought about it, the more I realized, it's not about that first at bat.  You get SO many chances to make RIGHT of the situation you are in.  Like, being a young mom.  Being married young.  Learning all the ins-and-outs of both of those on your own.  Because honestly? Not all of us were shown how to make it work. It's about keeping on-keepin' on when you want to give up.  We are here to reveal our character to our Ultimate Judge- the one who decides where we go when it's our last day.  It's making the inning we're in count.  Blood, sweat and tears.  The way you handle every curve ball thrown at you is a chance to show what kind of teammate you are.  Go out swinging and hope for a home run- or better yet, a grand slam.

Happy Weekend! <3>