Called due to darkness.........

What a comeback.......we were up in today's(Saturday) game 6-1 after scoring five runs in the bottom of the sixth. Then we were down

8-6 after giving up seven runs in the top of the seventh. Fortunately, we came back to win in the bottom of the ninth 10-9. It was a good comeback and a good game.

The second game today was suspended due to darkness. It seems that the "summer sun" is slowly coming to an end and our game was "called due to darkness" around 11pm. We will pick it up tomorrow(Sunday) at noon leading 6-4 in the top of the fifth. Hopefully, we can hold on for the win and move up in the standings. We are 6.5 games out of first place, but only 2.3 to 3 games out of second. Most teams just beat each other up in this league.

The title of this post is "called due to darkness", ever thought about that in terms of your life? It would be a bad day to have your life end due to darkness. I have been reading The Shack, an interesting book to say the least. The jury is still out on whether or not I would recommend it to others. It starts out really good then takes a huge spin midway through. It did bring me to look at God's creation as we traveled back from Palmer to Fairbanks. We passed through the Denali Park area around midnight as the sun was setting and we ran across some incredible views. It really is amazing as to the beauty of what God created. I will have some photos up soon of the drive.

For those of you that may have read The Shack you will know what I mean by stopping and taking note of creation by God's hand. The mountains were huge and the clouds rolled over them with streaks of orange and purple. It was one of the most incredible sights I have witnessed.

Some people live in darkness all the time. They will never see the "light" and will one day have their life "called due to darkness". One of the things I have learned this summer is the power of living your testimony. That is hard to do and we will all fail at times. It's tough to live each day motivated and striving to show other's your Christian walk. Let's face it, it becomes tough to do if we do it right. We may think we are living for God, but we have to ask our self daily how focused are we and what can we do each day to become a better Christian.

This summer has really opened my eyes to many things in my life. It has allowed our family to grow stronger. I never realized how much my job takes me away from my family. This summer has allowed them to come into my world so to speak and has allowed me the opportunity to see that while baseball is my passion, it is not my life. I am blessed to be able to use baseball as a platform for Christ and I hope I can carry home some of the things I have learned this summer.

Well, it's after midnight here and 4am back home in sunny SC. Off to bed for a quick nap and then to the field for a "show and go" day at the park.

By the way, it rained again today. It was just a few large spits of rain, but we are now on day 15 I think of consecutive rain. The locals were talking about reading where something about the jet stream had shifted and this could be their summer weather for a few years. Not sure if I heard that right or not but that could be bad for this area. Imagine your two months of good weather and sun being limited even more. Wow, that's "OIA", only in Alaska.