If You Don't Get This Right...

I'll get it right for you!

That's kind of what I heard God whisper to my heart yesterday. And then Matthew 6:21 came to mind. Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.

Last weekend was really hard for Brian and me as we spent some time out at Fishero watching baseball. We once again visited the fact that our boy does not want to play baseball. We have tried every method to try to coax him back into it. We have tried encouraging, we have tried giving him a break, we have tried bribing him and we have even teased him by telling him if he doesn't play baseball then we are going to sign him up for dance. Nothing works. Nothing will make him want to play. That just kills us because we so love watching him play and love the sport.

He doesn't mind being at Fishero watching his teammates play. He doesn't mind watching baseball. He even keeps score. But the kid who never cares what he's wearing wouldn't wear any shirt that resembled a baseball shirt nor would he wear his baseball hat. He just wants nothing to do with playing the game.

I knew I was being tested last Sunday as I pulled into McDonald's and saw some of his teammates. That should be my boy...I should be going to a baseball game today, I thought. But I wasn't.

And then this weekend was the last tourney of the season at Wingate. We had so hoped that by this point we could have talked him into playing. But even if we had, Satuday morning he woke up with a fever of 104. He couldn't have played anyway.

It was as if God was saying, "Get over it!"

The doctor suspected that it was viral and likely caused by a mosquito, possibly even West Nile Virus. It was at the point when I read the symptoms of West Nile Virus and Encephlitis that it clicked...

I have been so selfish!

When I sit in on counseling cases, 2 Corinthians 5:9 is used A LOT! It says, So we make it our goal to please him... The counselor will ask the counselee if whatever s/he is dealing with is more important than pleasing God and if it is, then s/he needs to re-focus. For instance, is doing drugs, drinking, gambling, etc., more important than pleasing God?

Well, in my case it would be, is Cameron playing baseball more important than following God's rules of being a Biblical parent? Am I being a loving parent? Am I exasperating my child? Is the way I am working Cameron through this pleasing to God? Well, if I have to think about it then I would have to say no.

So I have some things to work on (as if we didn't already know that!), but even more!

While I don't like it when my kids get sick and I especially don't like it when Cam gets a high fever, I am thankful for the trials that God brings our way because there is so much truth in James 1:2-4, Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

So I think I've got it right now...Love God, love Cam and love Cam through this whole baseball thing...no matter what!