Baseball season is in full swing now.  Almost a month of the season is behind us.  You can see almost anything in any given game.  Some of it will be amazing.  Some of it can be horrible.  Saturday was a day for the history books.  A young man from around here pitched only the 21st perfect game in over a hundred years of baseball.  Let's put that into some perspective.  Teams averaged over 150 games per year for over that century.  Multiply that into however many teams were or are now active in the major leagues.  This means only 21 times over those thousands of games has a pitcher faced 27 batters while getting the same amount out.  That is an event  that stands the test of time.  Even throwing your average no hitter is very difficult to do in the big leagues.  No wonder Saturday became such a special day.  


The pitcher played baseball in a nearby town to mine.  He went on to college before being drafted by the New York Mets.  His high school coach and I grew up in the same town together.  We played off and on together until his graduation.  It was just last May when I sat in his parents home on the occasion of his sister dying unexpectedly.  There is a lot of connection there for me.  Seems to me that I should get some of the credit for the perfect game just based on personal history.  The coach and I did graduate from the same high school.  We played together on different teams.  Doesn't that rub off on me somehow?  The obvious answer is of course no.  My knowledge of his high school coach lacks any substance to this achievement.  But maybe it makes a simple point.  


We are reminded in Acts 3 of our connection with the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob.  This same God is the one involved in Jesus.  What you read of God doing way back when is directly related to what He does through Jesus.  When you are related to God this way then your very history does have a sense of history.  You can be sure of God's goodness since it is never a spur of the moment thing.  We can depend on His faithfulness since it is on display in each one of these biblical people.  No one can deny that God works that divine will even when obstacles come along.  Perhaps we may feel lonely but you can be sure that you are never alone.  Our faith traces back centuries to when God first put His plan of salvation into action.  Nowhere does this mean our faith may go without some tense moments.  It does mean we can draw comfort from our divine relationship.  It makes every day matter with His power.  It changes everything.


Bro. Trey