When life throws a curve ball

The recent event that happened in our lives caught us by surprise. We realized we had been complacent and we paid dearly for that. We became anxious, scared, traumatized and wondered deep in our hearts if God was punishing us. 


So we prayed and read our Bible and came upon the story of Job. Here was a righteous man, blameless in the sight of God and yet he suffered such a great loss - his wealth, his children and his health. And yet he still said, "The Lord gave and the Lord has taken, Blessed be the name of the Lord". Through all this Job did not sin nor did he blame God (Job 1:21b-22). He also declared, "Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?" (Job 2:10b)


Those words gave us comfort and the following Sunday, we were further encouraged by the sermon of our Pastor as he exhorted us to stand strong in the midst of troubles. 


Looking back at what happened that early morning more than a week ago, we realized we had so much to be thankful for: we were not harmed, and not everything was taken from our home.


When life throws a curve ball...so what! so we missed one hit. But the game is not over yet. That curve ball didn't result in a strike out. Instead of moping and wanting to remain  on the bench, our Heavenly Coach wants us to go back to the field and keep on swinging. Knowing that this Heavenly Coach has never lost a game should give us the energy and the strength to continue playing the game of life.