You Never Know Who is Watching!

I received a text message earlier this week from my niece, asking me a question I didn't see coming. It was an awesome question and one that I was very eager to answer.

Let me set the stage for you. The back story if you will.

My niece is a starting varsity pitcher for our local high school girls softball team. She is very good and very  talented! She told me a little while ago that when she pitches she recites a Bible verse before every pitch. How awesome is that! A high school softball player reciting a Bible verse while pitching in a game. I was blown away!

So now for the question. She texted me and told me that for the last two years she had been reciting the same verse, and now she wanted a new one. One that had to deal with strength. She wanted to know if I knew of one. Wow! I was beside my self. Of course I knew of some. I emailed her two or three of them and I gave her my favorite one. Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

I texted her this past Wednesday to see which one if any she had decided to use, and which one had she used in the past. She told me that for the last two years she had been using John 3:16, but she wanted one more relevant to her situation. She told me that she has them all written down on a piece of paper and puts them in her back pocket while she is playing. The one that she recites is the one from Philippians. AWESOME!! I am moved beyond belief that she reached out to me for scripture verses. That just goes to show...Live and act like Jesus at all times. You never know who is watching you.
God bless my niece!

South Carolina

My mom called me last Wednesday to see if I would be interested in going on a road trip with her and my brother to South Carolina to see my nephew play baseball. He plays college baseball at North Greenville University, in Greenville, South Carolina. I told her to give me the details and I would let her know.

They planned on leaving Thursday night, driving all the way through. And then leaving on Saturday night, driving all the way through. I thought about it and decided to go. How often to I ever get alone time with both my mom and brother? Never! So my brother picked me up and then we went to meet my mom. We headed out about 8:00 Thursday night. The trip down was about twelve hours.

We watched his game on Friday, which they won by the way. We went out to dinner and then walked downtown Greenville. If you have never been, you need to go. That place is awesome! The only good night sleep we got was on Friday night. We spent the night in a hotel. We got up on Saturday and watched two more of their games, which they won also. A three game sweep. Awesome. My brother who lives in Virginia came down and meet us all on Saturday also. Praise the Lord. We all went out to dinner with my nephew and his girlfriend. We headed for home about 10:40 pm. We arrived home at 11:00 am. So all in all, twenty four and a half hours of driving. Three baseball games. A real good sunburn. Lots of laughs and fellowship with my family! PRICELESS!! I thank GOD for these times! They don't come around very often, so when they do, I cherish them. Cherish every moment you have with your family, you never know when it might be the last. God bless my family! Every single one of them.