I played a lot of baseball and, as I got older, softball. I was mainly a shortstop, which is still my favorite position. There's just something about playing in the middle of the infield. At shortstop, you get to range a little, which helped me to keep my focus.
As a young shortstop, I had a really wild arm, as I did as an older shortstop, though not quite as bad. One day at practice, after I had bounced a few to first, thrown a few into the dugout, and misfired a couple into the outfield, I was asked, "What are you aiming at?" To this, I replied, "The first baseman," who was pretty large. Then, I received some advice that still resonates with me: "Aim small, miss small."
Today's word is 2 Corinthians 5:9, ESV, which reads, "So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please Him."
My aim is to please GOD in everything I do, each day I live. However, if I take my focus off that one goal, if I start getting distracted by some big object instead of focusing my aim, I will miss my mark. Whether I am at my house, my most stable environment, or if I am on a vacation in the biggest party town in the world, my aim should not change - I want to please Him.
While it was said on a field, the advice is good everywhere - Aim small, miss small. What you focus on, what you aim at, what you truly dial in on is what you will hit. What are you aiming at?
Be Blessed,
Mickey T
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