Making me look bad!

For those of us with boys and girls who play baseball or softball, this is a very busy time of the year as we're out at the park several afternoons/nights a week. But deep down we enjoy it because we love seeing our kids play and have fun. Right now, Tanner and Yates are the two Boykins playing rightn now. Of course, sometimes it isn't so much fun - when our team loses or when our child doesn't perform as we think they should. It's a hard thing to deal with when your young budding athlete does something silly or sloppy on the field. I've heard other coaches actually say, "you better straighten up ... you're making me look bad ... you're making me look like I don't know anything about baseball." Though I haven't said those exact words, I've thought them ... and probably treated Tanner and Yates as though my whole self esteem rested on their performance.

This is where the Gospel actually means something. My worth and value don't hinge on what my kids do or don't do, only on what Christ did for me - He lived the life I should have lived and died the death I should have died. That's my worth!

headed to the ballfield,
Burt