Tag: heaven

Lessons Learned: Angels in the Outfield

Have you ever gone back and watched a movie and been amazed by how much you missed? Some movies are specifically made to be watched more than once; movies like Memento, Sixth Sense, and Fight Club.  We watch these movies and are shocked by the plot twist at the end, but when we go back and re-watch them, we realize there were instances throughout the movie that hinted to the twist. However, I was surprised by a movie that you probably wouldn’t expect to watch it again and discover anything new in the narrative. The movie was Angels in the Outfield: A “B movie” with an “A list cast,” which tells the story of a professional baseball team with a sub-par roster and an abysmal record making a miraculous comeback with some divine help.

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Where’s The Dessert?

I don’t know about any of the other parents out there, but the majority of the time my wife and I tell our kids it is time to eat dinner, we are met with groans and complaints. Unless, of course, we are having one of their favorite meals: pizza, spaghetti or meatloaf. They will sit, and oftentimes, before even taking a bite, they ask, “How much do I need to eat to be done?” or “How much do I need to eat to have a treat?” If some sort of dessert is provided, as soon as they have it their dinner is pushed to the side or taken to the sink. They aren’t thinking about dinner anymore, because they have what they really want. They don’t sit down and eat dinner because they are hungry or because they recognize they need nutrition to sustain themselves; they eat because they have to and it just a means to the end of getting dessert.

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Easter Sunday

A wrongful conviction
Sinless crucifixion
Gave hope in my confliction
A chance for Satan’s eviction

My savior was villified
Willingly crucified
So I could be justified
Raised, the Son, was glorified

Public degradation
A spear, pierced to effusion
The blood of Salvation
Offering sanctification

When He said “it is finished”
His life He relinquished
Sins power diminished
God’s victory accomplished

Stop sins repetition
No more deflection
It’s time for reflection
On His resurrection

Stop and contemplate
think about your fate
When you reach heaven’s gate
Which path will you take?

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