Saturday After Ash Wednesday

Don't forget to swing hard, in case you hit the ball. -- Woodie Held

Woodie Held was an undistiquished baseball player whose advise survived. (Webb, are you going off message this early during Lent?). Woodie's advise to young ballplayers applies to more than baseball. How about in your work? Remember that line in The American President, “ I was so busy keeping my job, I forgot about doing my job.”

How about with your friends and family? Maybe during Lent, it is time to mend a relationship that has been put on the back burner or causes you to be cautious. Out of fear of striking out, you are so fearful that you bunt every time you come to the plate.

What about with God? Do you swing for the fences or simply try to put the bat on the ball? Perhaps it is not a coincidence that Baseball’s spring training is usually about the same time as Lent. God calls us during the Lenten season to develop a relationship with him where we give God everything we have. If we do we will not just hit .300. God guarantees a 100 percent.