Opening Night of 2015 baseball season

So today is Easter Sunday.  Today is also the opening of the 2015 MLB baseball season.  As I write this the Cardinals are playing the Cubs on ESPN.

It's fitting that God's game begins on the highest of holy days in my faith.  Jesus rose from the dead so that I could have new life in Him.  Baseball begins every spring so that I can have new life rooting for my teams and my year of watching the game that I love.  Life begins anew and brings hope of playing THE WHOLE YEAR into October.

The interesting thing about this year is that this really is a new life for my baseball teams.  As I watch the Cubs play the Cardinals I'm watching Jason Heyward is playing right field for the Cardinals (he is currently 3-3 hitting out of the two hole).  Tommy LaStella is playing second base for the Cubs (he just made a gritty play going back on a pop fly to save a run....an all out hustle play).  David Ross, a former Brave and Red Sox player is catching for the Cubs and is catching John Lester....former Red Sox ace.

So as I begin watching the game that I love I will be watching a couple of teams that I hardly know.  I have a new family that I need to get to know and a family that I hope will be fun to hang around this year.  This is one of the first reasons of why I love this game.  Baseball has the longest season with the most games of any of the major sports.  The reason I love the length of the baseball season is because these guys become like family....you live with them day in and day out.  When I grew up it was by checking the box scores.  As ESPN became a major part of my life it allowed me to visually keep up with daily highlights.  Now I can choose from dozens of websites, multiple games a week on various sports channels and any other countless ways to check on my teams.  You get close to your family and you hope each year for the family to keep things interesting for a whole year.

Lord, thank you for loving me enough to die for my sins.  Thank you for loving me enough to allow the game of baseball to be created on this earth.