It is a bit humorous for me to remember it. It was late August of 1991 and late in the afternoon that day. I had spent the night before driving from Lincoln to Minneapolis a 430 mile drive . It was also the night before registration day at school. Early in the morning, I went to register for my classes and buy my textbooks for the semester. Other students invited me to a Minnesota Twins versus Seattle Mariner baseball game. I had never been to a professional baseball game before, so I jumped on the chance and went with them.
To say I was tired is an understatement. I was exhausted. I had driven six hours the night before and had little sleep. Registration was crazy and hectic. There was no online back registration back then. But it was my first ever professional baseball game, so it didn’t matter whether I was a Twins fan or not. It was just exciting for me to be there.
We sat in the hard plastic shell seats which were about as comfortable as sitting in a classroom chair all day. Even though I drank a large coke for the caffeine to stay awake, I fell asleep in the hard plastic chair about halfway through the game partly because it was a scoreless boring game up to that point and mostly because I was EXHAUSTED.
Suddenly the crowd broke out in a roaring cheer so loud that it woke me up. Kirby Puckett had just hit the game winning home run to break the 0 to 0 tie at the end of the game to give Minnesota the win. I missed it. I missed the only score of the game and the game winning score no less because I had fallen asleep.
The disciples, Jesus’s closest followers, fell asleep shortly after Jesus asked them to watch and pray while he prayed the night he was arrested.
Sadly sometimes I have fallen asleep while praying.
I don’t want to miss opportunities to share the love of Jesus because I am not awake spiritually. My time in this life is growing shorter by the day. We only have a certain allotted number of days in this life.
I love the bible verse Galatians 6:10:
“Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.”
My desire is to show the love of Jesus through my actions and to take each opportunity God gives me. I don’t want to ‘fall asleep’ spiritually. What may seem small to us, can seem HUGE to others. I don’t want to miss an opportunity to show the love of Jesus. There is so much suffering in this world and so many people who are searching for someone to show them they care.
Thank you for reading. God Bless.
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God knows our thoughts and knows when we are tired, He understands when we fall asleep praying. 😊
He is understanding of our weaknesses
A friend and I were in the ballpark when Nolan Ryan pitched his final no-hitter. Well, actually we were in the parking lot, as we left early. It’s a boring game, you know–when one team isn’t getting any hits.😉
I hear what you’re saying about making the most of every opportunity, because the days are drawing close to Christ’s return. That’s in the Bible somewhere. I think Paul said it? Anyway, may we never fall asleep in the light of Christ. Blessings!
No hitters are boring
God understands, though you made me smile.
Glad you smiled
Great teaching lesson tied to Jesus!!❤️
Thank you little sister.
Jesus loves you 🙂
You are right. We need to ,are the most of every opportunity, while there is still time
Blessing brother
While there is still time- time is getting shorter
Have a blessed day little sister 🙂
I do not want to miss opportunities either. With God’s help may we be aware of the opportunities He gives us. My first baseball game was in Detroit, the Yankees and the Tigers.
Are you a baseball fan?
Yes. I don’t get to watch the games like I used to though. Go Yankees! Lol.
So Red Sox would be a no for you? Lol
Definitely a noooo lol!
How about the Mets? lol
Nope! ❌ lol
Dodgers? Lol
❌
wonderful. I also overslept a few weeks ago and missed my bus. Thanks for sharing
There is a lady called Sally who also wrote a beautiful blog on missed opportunity.
Let me share on my page so that you read it. You will laugh.
May we be ready in season and out of season for God and Gods people.
Be blessed.
I will check it out 🤗