Today our varsity baseball team finished their season not the way they intended. WCA lost the third game of a three game series, 8-2, but along the way we made some people nervous. We played hard and fought long, and did it all for the glory of God. Each coach and player should feel no shame in walking off that field because they played the game the way it should have been played. Yes, we made some errors, yes, we walked some, yes, we got excited at times and yes we lost a game we maybe should have won, but we did it all the right way, and that is the way to walk off the field. I am so proud of our team! They have had a great year!
We, at WCA, play to win but never at the high cost of our testimony, our character, or the name of our Lord. We believe in process and product; both are important in life and in sports. Some forget that how you get there is as important as getting there. When I played baseball... oh so long ago...it was very much like golf. There were unwritten rules and lines that you just did not cross. The other day I was listening to one of the local radio talking heads criticize the two college girls who helped a girl from the opposing team make it around the bases. The girl hit a home run over the fence, as she rounded first she ruptured her ACL and was unable to make it on her own. NCAA softball rules prevented any of her teammates from helping her (an issue for another time) around the bases; the first baseman and the shortstop from the opposing team helped her the rest of the way, and this guy was saying that the act was wrong. Wow!
May our school never forget that playing a sport is a divine blessings granted by a Holy God, and it is another venue to the cross. At WCA we will always play hard, play fair and play to win, but we will always play for Our King, Jesus Christ first and foremost!
No comments:
Post a Comment