Greg Maddux retired from baseball this week. Greg won 355 games and 4 consecutive Cy Young awards. He is definitely a first ballot Hall of Famer. During his speech, he said that his favorite time of his career was with the Braves. I paraphrase what he said, "It was a privilege to be a part of such a special team. During spring training, Bobby Cox (Braves manager) would say, 'Regular teams prepare for the season – not us – we prepare for the post-season beginning today'".
That quote made me think of how we live our lives. The difference between people with no hope of heaven is they spend their time preparing for this life (regular season), while people with a hope (confident expectation) of heaven spend their lives preparing for eternity (post-season). That makes the Church a pretty special team to be a part of.
Do we spend our days preparing for the regular season or the post-season…just a thought!
