More Than Fine…

Rooting For ‘Fry

// September 25th, 2009 // I Love Baseball

As I watched our players try out this week, it was with mixed emotions. Sufry is the kind of kid you root for. He is the kind of kid you would do anything for. You want the best for him because he deserves it . He isn’t the biggest kid on the field but he is strong and fast.  He works relentlessly and never complains. He is always respectful and never talks back. ‘Fry is probably the best player on our team but he doesn’t expect to be treated differently. He is humble and treats all of his teammates with respect from the best to to the worst. ‘Fry isn’t technically our captain but he is the one that sets the tone for our team. His is the example I want all of our other players to follow on the field and off. When he isn’t at practice or at school, he is working hard on his own, doing extra work, running or lifting weights. His passion has started to rub off on his teammates, particularly some of our younger players who are the in the worst situations.  They are always following him around. When ‘Fry is doing extra work in the evenings, they are right there with him. When ‘Fry is lifting weights at home, they are there with him. Every time I’ve been at Fry’s house since I’ve been in the DR, our most at risk player has been there, watching, learning.

So it is with a little sadness that I cheer for ‘Fry and pray for the best. ‘Fry is our silent leader and I don’t want to lost his hard work and dedication, the example he sets for the rest of his teammates, or the mentoring he is giving to some of our players who need it most. But I couldn’t be more excited for ‘Fry as a player or as a person. As he closes in on his goal, he has begun a relationship with Christ. And as he has started to read his Bible everything that is already good in ‘Fry has been confirmed and started to grow. He reads his Bible with the same passion, dedication and joy that he plays baseball and that has been an inspiration to me and you can see the excitement in his eyes and hear it in his voice as he tells me what he learned in his reading.

I don’t really have a closing point. This post brings several questions out of me that aren’t really related. Are you the kind of person the people that know you best are rooting for or are they hoping you fail a little bit so you will be humbled (because we have a player like that too)? Do you read your Bible with the same passion you do the thing you love most? Do you read it like it is God speaking to you? Like you have been invited to play a role in a story that is so much bigger than you? Does that get you excited or do you read your bible “dutifully”?

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