curve ball

you know the only way to successfully hit a curve ball? you have to sit back and wait for it and then it seems just like another slow pitch. that's the problem with curve balls, everyone is out in front. they try to swing before its time. i think the same philosophy can be applied to the curve balls that we are thrown in our daily lives not only as ministers, but as Christians as well. we get all excited and "get out in front" of the problem and usually end up with a whiff. we just need to sit back, and wait, and then we will be able to knock it out of the park.

i had a situation like this occur today. we have our weekly small group gathering off campus of our main church. this means we usually bus around 125 students to another site while the others are brought by their parents. our program begins at 9:10, and usually lasts around an hour or so. today, i got a call at 8:50 that the bus was broken down and that the only way our ms students were going to get to our program was to hitch rides. did you hear me??? MS STUDENTS hitching rides with whoever they could who had an s.u.v. or van.

i could've lost it. i could've gotten out in front of the ball, but i sat back, waited, and i think today we knocked it out of the park.

p.s. yesterday produced much high levels of lol with our vols on the river....pictures to follow soon.