needing "the mercy rule"!

ouch. my son's baseball game yesterday was a slaughterfest. i'm not even sure if that's a word, but it certainly fits. inning 4 just didn't seem to want to end. and we were in the outfield. missing fly balls, making errors, and generally daydreaming. after a while of this (and I mean a LONG while) we finally hit the "mercy rule". you know, the point in kid's sports where the game is called because one team is up by a ridiculous amount.

some parents were mad; i thought it a good life lesson. because that's how my life feels at times. i think i'm plucking along, doing rather fine. (maybe even dong great, thank you very much!) but then out of the blue, a curveball (metaphorically speaking!). and then i am down for the count. failure, dissapointment, much grace needed.

and much grace is exactly what God offers! in the form of his son Jesus! not-even-remotely-deserved-favor. but i get it anyways--if i want it! thank God for the mercy rule!