The Crockett boys and their Dad (coach) completed the baseball season by winning the league tournament today. They had to play two games. Because it was double elimination and they got beat the first game 10-9, they played a second game which they won in the last inning 9-8. The Red Sox won the regular season as well the tournament. Grayson got to play today because they were short players.
Congratulations!
Yesterday was the first swim meet if the season. Meredith and her brothers are on the Wilmore Aquatic team this year. The boys are still in baseball so Meredith was the only Crockett participant yesterday. She had an outstanding start. She came in FIRST in everyone of her events. Congratulations Meredith!
The baseball season is winding down. All of the Gabehart and Crockett boys played baseball this year. Ryan and Kyle were on their middle school teams and are playing league ball also. Tyler is in little league. Tyler and Kyle were selcted as All-Stars. Kyle hit two homers in his last game, a grand slam and a three run homer. Tyler is playing catcher and has had a good year. Ryan is playing with older kids but has done well and has improved over the season.
Grayson is having a great season. He has even been invited to play some games with his brothers’ team. Jerod and Blake play on the same team. Blake has been pitching some and performed well. He hits well and has made some outstanding fielding plays. Jerod continues to play first base and has had a good year including several home runs. Their team won the season championship and will have a tournament next week.
The second book I recently read is God Work by Randy Harris. Randy has been a favorite speaker of mine for many years. I found his 7 question test designed to assess progress toward becoming a fully devoted disciple of Christ particularly helpful and challenging.
Number 1 – “How has my life been simplified?”
Number 2 – “Who are the people from whom I get nothing and who have come into my home lately?”
Number 3 – “For what and whom do I pray?”
Number 4 – “How has my speech been affected?”
Number 5 – “How are you doing with your desires?”
Number 6 – “What’s happened to my relationships?”
Number 7 – “Have I become increasingly indifferent to circumstances?”
Even without commentary the questions are worthy. But, Randy’s unique and thoughtful commentary on each sharpens their focus and cuts to the heart of the matter.
Two books that I read recently were excellent and I thought I would share some “take aways” from them. The first is A Testament of Devotion by Thomas Kelly. Originally published in 1941, Kelly’s book is a classic on spiritual devotion.
Deep within us all there is an amazing inner sanctuary of the soul, a holy place, a Divine Center, a speaking Voice, to which we may continuously return. Eternity is at our hearts, pressing upon our time-torn lives, warming us with intimations of an astounding destiny, calling us home unto Itself. Yielding to these persuasions , gladly commiting ourselves in body and soul, utterly and completely, to the Light Within, is the beginning of true life. it is a dynamic center, a creative Life that presses to birth within us. It is a Life Within which illumines the face of God and casts new shadows and new glories upon the faces of men. It is a seed stirring to life if we do not choke it. It is the Shekinah of the soul, the Presence in the midst. Here is the Slumbering Christ, stirring to be awakened, to be come the soul we clothe in earthy form and action. And He is within us all.
He asks all, but He gives all.
Don’t grit your teeth and clinch your fists and say, “I will! I will! Relax. Take hands off. Submit yourself to God. Learn to live in the passive voice – a hard saying for Americans – and let life be willed through you. For “I will” spells not obedience.
Fourty-seven years ago today Ann and I were married. It was grand event. A very traditional wedding.
Little did I know what lay ahead for us. The only plan I had then was to be married to Ann and I’ve have stuck to that plan. I don’t have intention to deviate from it. Just about everything about me has changed but the the fact remains that I am married to Ann. I am thankful that has not changed. Thank you Ann for all these years and I am happily looking forward to the years ahead. I love you.