Victory at Yesterday's Baseball Game

Welcome to Blog Your Blessings Sunday.

IJ's baseball team lost the championship to the only team who beat them this year. Taking the title of division champs, their final record was 11-2. They had loads of fun with a great coach and terrific morale. It was great baseball season.

One thing that really impressed me was in the last inning when the teams were tied. (The game required an extra inning to complete.) IJ's teammate hit the ball and the other team fumbled it so he made his way around the bases. He came to base three and the coach told him to stop. The ball was still in the outfield, and he could have run home and won the game. Jim thought he should have blown by his coach to win the game anyway--that's what he would have done, he said--but the kid didn't. He saw he could have won the game. Instead he stopped to submit to his coach's authority.

Jim said he was stupid. I said he was wise.

Our team may have lost the championship yesterday, but something greater was won. Respect for authority, trust in a coach, and honoring it with obedience. Respect for authority is lost in today's world, for when people see they can reach their goal by disobeying authority, they do it, thinking the goal is more important than the obedience.

They are off the mark. The obedience is more important. Winning their goal is secondary. What a blessing it is to see the greater victory won yesterday.

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