Anything Can Happen

As you all know, I am a huge baseball fan. Unfortunately, my team, the Chicago Cubs, had a less than stellar year. However, I enjoy the end of the season because it brings the playoffs. This year, as always, I root for the National League.

Last night, something happened that had only happened one other time in post-season baseball history. A no-hitter was thrown by Roy Halladay. As I listened to broadcast over the internet, I kept getting more and more excited. I was a witness to history in the making (from like 5,000 miles away). The part that struck me the most was that it was the first time ever that the Doc had pitched in the postseason. What a start!

As I have been thinking about it today, I am amazed that at anytime, anything can happen. I believe that there are moments in our lives that things happen that will amaze us. Totally out of the blue. Totally unexpected. In his post-game press conference, Dusty Baker mentioned that as they prepared for the game, they knew it would be tough against this great pitcher, but never expected that the game would turn out as it did.

I think it is the same in our process with God. We can prepare for life as we think it might be, but God shows up in a way never expected. In a crazy way, last night strengthened my faith. I can do all I can do to prepare for whatever lies ahead, but there will be times when something amazing will happen that is totally unexpected.

Amazing! Way to go, Doc.