How about a Game of Catch?
One of my favorite movies is “Field of Dreams.” In the movie, the main character, Ray Kinsella, talks about growing up and growing apart from his father, John, and just when Ray is ready to make peace with him, his father passes away. Ray moves to Iowa and buys a farm. Of course being in Iowa, he inevitably has to grow corn. If you're familiar with the story, Ray eventually hears a voice one day while walking in the cornfield. The voice convinces him that plowing under his corn and building a baseball field will allow Shoeless Joe to come play baseball again. As the story unfolds, the field is built and Shoeless Joe does come to play, bringing many other players long since departed to come and play also. Later, we find out that it wasn’t Shoeless Joe who the field was ultimately built for but the chance for Ray to reconcile with his dad. It gives him time to spend with his father playing a game of catch. The ultimate father and son game.
God gives us time and we get to use that time in any way we choose. Time is one of the most important gifts we have from God. How many times have we said, “I don’t have time! I’ll do it later!” or my favorite, “There are not enough hours in the day.” God does give us all the time we need. Unfortunately, we choose to use that time in ways that we shouldn’t. But like Ray in the “Field of Dreams” God also gives us time to reconcile us to Him, our Father. We don’t have to build a baseball field. He provides us His Son, Jesus, as the way for us to come back to Him. We have the time to spend with Him. It’s ours for the taking! Once time is spent, we cannot get it back so use it wisely. So, how about a game of catch?
I don’t know about you but the scene at the end of the movie when Ray and his dad play catch makes my eyes water just a little. You know what I mean?
Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together! -Psalm 34:3 ESV
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