A wise man once said, "baseball do what baseball do." That would be the story of our Texas Rangers after two games of the World Series. Someone kidnapped the team after they won the American League Championship and replaced them with these guys. The game 5 trip on Monday is looking very iffy now. You would think the team would win at least one game so my daughter and I could go to Arlington on Monday. We are having our doubts at the moment. It was the Rangers manager who said those words that begin our writing tonight. He may be a prophet without knowing it.

Baseball can be a cruel sport at times. I am grateful for the years of playing while growing up in Texas. You can discover that this game will take just as much as it gives. God gave me just enough ability to have a handful of memories that remain with me to this day. No one will ever confuse me with a great athlete but at least I can look back to a few highlights. Along with the highs there were also some lows while playing. Some of my teams were pretty good. There were some that feel a little short in the talent area. I do remember it always being fun regardless of our performance.

It was sitting in a seminar a few years back that I heard words that remain with me now. The professor said that you don't stop playing a baseball game just because you make an error. You keep playing while trying to overcome the mistake. We do tend to forget that truth. There are times when we have to play out the situation at the moment. Maybe did your job but someone else made the error. You will still have to keep going or else forfeit the game. Like the game of baseball you may need to depend on others to get you out of a jam. All I could do when pitching a game was to put the ball in play. There were eight other fielders who would need to also do their part. Sometimes it may be up to you to get out of a predicament. This is when you take responsibility to do your best. You can never make it through a mess if you never try.

It could be said that "life do what life do." This is true for a professional minister or the ordinary believer. You will never fail as long as you invite God to do His best in the worst of our times. In the book of Romans we are told that not even our weaknesses will limit the possibility. We are not punished by God for having normal human frailty. Paul writes that God will indeed help us in our weakness. He goes so far as to say that even our prayers do not need all of the correct words to be effective. When all you can do is groan or sigh due to errors or any other problem you can be assured of God's help. So how can you possibly lose if you are open to this? It seems to me that you can't.

Bro. Trey