{"id":13962,"date":"2021-02-28T05:24:58","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T11:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=13962"},"modified":"2021-02-28T05:25:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T11:25:05","slug":"take-me-out-to-the-ballgame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=13962","title":{"rendered":"Take Me Out to the Ballgame"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My dreams came true. We\u2019ve always been a fan of any of our grandchildren\u2019s pursuits in life and did our best to not miss any of them. We didn\u2019t want to miss anything they were competing at, but most seasons \u2013 they lived in different states and we could only follow them by their parents\u2019 quick calls or texts. We were at many of our two oldest grandsons\u2019 sports competitions \u2013 from baseball and football to karate and wrestling even though they lived a distance from us. Then, I spent many years going to my Frisco grands\u2019 speech and debate competitions. I loved every minute of it. In fact, I was a judge at their competitions and travelled to their regional and national competitions with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now, I\u2019m on point, and on location to be at my two youngest grands\u2019 games. Brennan is the baseball and football player. Bryson is also a football player. I\u2019m living the dream. In no less than three days here in Austin, we took a two-hour drive to Fredericksburg, TX to attend Brennan\u2019s baseball games this weekend. As far as the weather was concerned, it was dismal \u2013 rain and cold that produced delay of games and a cancellation of a game. But, nonetheless, I was in my zone. Filled with pride and joy not just with my \u201cchamp\u201d — the name his Papa called him at birth — but the family bonding and hearing my son tell me, tearfully, \u201cMom, I can\u2019t tell you how happy I am that you are here!\u201d Be still my heart!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My main take-away from this weekend was watching the true grit of the players, coaches and even the fans \u2013 me included. Of course, the players had put in the practice, the workouts, and the mental toughness to prevail as winners. We showed up bearing umbrellas, gloves, sunflower seeds, boots and rain gear and supporting our teams with encouragement and being on stand-by for anything they needed. All that is impressive, and quite frankly, should be the way we live our lives \u2013 determined to give our best and live our best lives in every way. But, honestly, the main take-away for me was watching the teamwork during the adverse weather conditions. Teams that were in full-on competitive mode came together to cover the pitchers\u2019 and batters\u2019 mounds. I saw in that a great visual of the way we should be as God\u2019s kids. Sure, we compete in business endeavors, in sports, politics, pageants, science fairs, family games, etc. We\u2019ve gotten so consumed with being right and being the winner that we\u2019ve forgotten about being IN LOVE. That\u2019s right! We are supposed to be in love with each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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God\u2019s love trumps all! I\u2019m thinking of ways that we can join our hands and hearts together \u2014 greater than \u201cWhat\u2019s in it for me?\u201d What if we began to pray and humble ourselves to become servants that live a life of one-another-living? \u201cWhat can I do for you? What can I do for the cause? What can I do for the team? What can I do for others that helps them to win?\u201d We\u2019re ALL on the same team \u2014 we\u2019re God\u2019s kids, and we represent our Father Who will win and win BIG TIME!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYour love for one another will prove to the world that you are My disciples.\u201d John 13:35<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My dreams came true. We\u2019ve always been a fan of any of our grandchildren\u2019s pursuits in life and did our best to not miss any of them. We didn\u2019t want to miss anything they were competing at, but most seasons \u2013 they lived in different states and we could only follow them by their parents\u2019…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19963,19962,19964,19039,1],"tags":[19955,4719,19961,19957,3063,3306,19958,309,19956,2532,19959,1140,3200,4452,18575,1747,4104,19960],"class_list":["post-13962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ballgame","category-baseball","category-fredericksburg-tx","category-mental-toughness","category-uncategorized","tag-ballgame","tag-baseball","tag-being-in-love","tag-champ","tag-competition","tag-disciples","tag-family-bonding","tag-football","tag-fredericksburg-tx","tag-john-1335","tag-mental-toughness","tag-one-another-living","tag-practice","tag-pride-and-joy","tag-sports","tag-teamwork","tag-true-grit","tag-workout"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13962"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13968,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13962\/revisions\/13968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}