Go Rangers!

I went to the Ranger game last night with my son and parents and were treated to a boring 7 innings, a great comeback victory and Michael Young's 2000th hit.  Even with a 107 degree start time temperature, it was a fun night at the Ballpark.


Michael is the 11th fastest player to 2,000 hits and, I believe, the 3rd fastest right-handed batter.  That's pretty good company I would imagine.  I appreciate his work ethic and tenacity.  Both of his hits last night were little infield rollers that he had to hustle out and I thought it an appropriate way for him to get there.  Sure, a home run or game winning hit would have been great but I think hard work, determination and hustle have defined Young's career. 


It makes me wonder what will define my career.  Not my work career so much as my kingdom-building career.  Much of it will be defined by a former life of hiding the truth and pretending to be something I may have wanted to be but wasn't living up to...and I'm ok with that because it might lay the ground work for what I can do in the latter half of my life to share the Good News.  A friend told me one day he almost wished he had a story.  I wish I didn't.  He's lived a pretty directed life and has been the man God wanted him to be and I think that is the story, that we can choose to live that way.  But sometimes a story of a rocky road, a hill climbed, of failures made and made again and overcome show people an option too. 


I hope the day will come when I celebrate my 2,000th hit in the kingdom baseball game and I hope I celebrate it much the way Michael Young did - with a brief acknowledgment and desire to get back to work and keep doing what he's been doing. 


Grace and peace to you.