Have you ever watched a child of about four or five years and wondered what was going through his or her mind? Imagine this scenario: “The coach told me to come out here in right field. I’m a ballplayer. Dad says that T-ball is fun. They tell me to yell ‘Hey, batter, batter’.
But wait! What is that flying so high? It’s such a big bird. Look at him move so slowly. I think someday I’m going to fly like that.”
“Hi Mom!”, as he waves to his mother sitting in the bleachers. “What was it that just hopped by me? It’s a grasshopper. I can hop like that. Let me pick him up. Hey, Mr. Grasshopper, stop.” He now has his back to the infield and is on his knees attempting to catch the elusive grasshopper. “Wait,” he thinks, “who is that yelling? Why are all these guys running towards me? Am I in trouble? Oh, it’s the baseball they’re after. It’s right in front of me.” So he throws the ball back to one of his fellow players, he looks around for approval, and then drifts back to where the grasshopper had been. The grasshopper is gone but he instantly spots a butterfly.
Once again, he is in his own little world.
We have all watched “T” ball or little league players in the outfield going through the motions every week. Yet if we stop and watch these children in the outfield, we will see that there are so many life lessons we can learn.
We have all watched “T” ball or little league players in the outfield going through the motions every week. Yet if we stop and watch these children in the outfield, we will see that there are so many life lessons we can learn.
Children worry about nothing and depend upon us to care for their safety, health, and guidance. As adults, we forget that Jesus taught us not to worry about such things, but to depend upon Him in the same way as our children depend on us.
Read Matthew 6:25-34, and as you strive for more faith in your life, remember that becoming like a little child is not being childish, but becoming as innocent as a little boy playing T-ball. Now I know why I love to watch children play ball. It makes me realize that life is too short to worry about stuff that I can not control.
Mentally, I need to make some time to be in the outfield as a child.
Matthew 6:25 – Do not worry about your life; what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body and what you will put on. Isn’t life itself more important than just the pursuit of food and clothes?