We were created for community, so let’s talk a little bit about what it takes to make real friendships in baseball.

“We’ve been in professional baseball for 34 years, we’ve been through the highest highs and lowest lows, but we’ve never been through anything like COVID…”

Gari Meacham takes us through 2 Kings 4:1-7 for some much needed encouragement in the middle of this unprecedented season.

As an interracial couple, Bobby and I have slammed against the wall of misunderstanding on several occasions. It always seems to surprise me, since I love him more than any other human on earth. The trouble is, unless you’ve lived in someone else’s skin, walked in their shoes, traveled the roads they’ve traveled—you can never understand what it feels like to experience life from their perspective.

Friends—baseball may be uncertain but praying to a dependable God is the most certain thing we’ll ever do. Instead of wringing our hands in worry, let’s lift them in confident prayer. It’s time that little round ball learned who’s really in charge. If Jesus told us to ask, seek and knock rather than worry—it’s game on. Let’s do just that.

It’s tempting to think that only “some things” or “things we can control” work for our good. But God says ALL things—and that’s the hope. If circumstances have recently slayed you, remember this: If you’re called and focused on God’s purposes, then even this turn of disappointment is part of the right outcome, an outcome that will end in good.

Life will throw battles your way and our kids are sitting on the bench watching the fight. How we respond will teach our kids how to respond when they have to fight their own battles.

Although this season hasn't gone the way I had anticipated (you would think I would have learned by now to have no expectations), it has strengthened our faith and marriage.

So in an endeavor to act out the word of God rather than just read it, I pledged to no longer ask when life would be all about me again. No longer refer to these amazing opportunities Christ has given me as 'sacrifices.' No longer wait for the day that I don't have to adjust my life to meet the needs of others.