Wait for Your Pitch

Before I went to bed last night I had a thought, and so as to not forget it I wrote it down in a notebook I keep on my night table. It was a simple thought, but I felt that it was important enough to write a blog post about, so here it is. I’ve been thinking about some bad decisions I have made over the years, everyone has those moments where they say “Oh if only I hadn’t done that, I ended up in such a situation!” When those moments come it is easy to beat yourself up, when really you should look at it in the following way. I like to think that God can speak to us in many forms, and that in this late-night train of thought God was getting me back on track. This is a baseball related analogy; I love to play baseball so it would make sense that this would come to my mind. Anyway, as a hitter you want to be selective as possible without waiting around too much. Meaning wait for your pitch, but know when the time to swing has come. If I step up to the plate I might take the first pitch, and then wait for something I can drive, which for me is belt high or lower, and on the outside half of the plate. It doesn’t do me any good to jump on that first inside fastball I see, or the lazy junk curveball floating out of the strike zone. I should wait for my pitch. It’s kind of the same in life. Often there are situations in life where we seem to jump at the first opportunity that presents itself. Instead we should wait on God to bring us “our pitch.” There were times in my life when I chased after the wrong thing, I thought it looked pretty good at the beginning, but then I realized it was nothing but a big curveball pulling a trick on me. I guess one thing God has taught me is to be patient and not make quick or rash decisions, I need to wait for my pitch before I can hit a homerun.