1 strike..two..three..who's really the one out???hmm

okay..we all know the game of baseball...1,2,3,strikes your out...kinda like in life..we so many times try to put people and relationships in a box..okay..you can only hurt me 3 times..and well that's it..i mean really if you are honest with yourself..we give up on people far to easily...i've guilty..sadly there has been times..i too have played the game of life(baseball)..sadly i must say..but as i am getting older..i do try...it's so hard..our flesh eats at us..and we can give,,and give,,and there are some people who just take,,and take,,or even just don't care...but i am learning..i can't give up..see...if JESUS gave up on us where would we be ???i believe people come into our lives for a reason...what we do with it is in our hands..some are a pleasant memory..and sadly some just plain hurt..some even haunt us in our dreams..are they our thoughts??visions???or is GOD trying to tell us something..maybe something our flesh just won't let us admit....hmmm that just came out of no where..so bare with me...i just write...anyway...as many of you know..i do not have the best relationship with my dad...and well if it wasn't a law to love and obey our parents..well???i'm just being honest..the pain and hurt has been alot..and recently i was reminded by my child..you have to give people another chance.over and over...even if it hurts..JESUS did and still does..we are given new chances everyday...and who is to say one is differnet from another..or one person for that..so as i pondered what my child so kindly and gently reminded me..i realized i had to live the life i try so hard to help other realize...see it is easier to given help and to live what we know..so i allowed my dad to come..now no it was not some like wow!!!miracle..we are healed..but it was a begining..a step..we are both alittle older..wiser i hope??(smile) but it was a start...i think back when Jesus was questioned why He dined with the low lives(as they put it)..and i always remember. .
IF NOT ME..THAN WHO WOULD..WE ALL HAVE A TEACHABLE SPIRIT...WE ARE ALL OUR FATHER'S CHILDREN..NO ONE GREATER THAN ANOTHER..SEE HE LOVES US AS IF WE ARE THE ONLY ONE..
ohh how i long to love and foregive like that...now i am far from perfect..and i fail miserable everyday..but i am growing..and i don't want to play baseball(life like that) any more..and i hope dear friend i have helped you too..life is a game..there is a begining..a middle and an end...we can all finish victorious..if we keep JESUS... LORD OF OUR LIVES... i hope and pray you have...see...life is sooo precious....take a step into faith....and step out of your box..your comfort zone..and love peole for who they are and not for what you want to make them to be...it's that simple..... well...i gotta go...