Day 258 - My Pastor

In keeping with "The Sandlot" theme from yesterday, I was thinking about my pastor. I liken my pastor to the character "Rodriguez" from the movie The Sandlot.

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If I'm remembering correctly, Rodriguez was an experienced and adept baseball player. In fact, he was the best player out of all of the boys on the pick-up baseball team. His experience and knowledge was crucial to the making of that local baseball team. Because of Rodriguez, his experience, his patience in training the other boys, and his willingness to work with such a goofy bunch of boys, that baseball troupe became a great one.

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That's my pastor. Pastor is experienced and knowledgeable. Sometimes, I am so amazed at Pastor's sermons and words of wisdom that I wonder what he's doing hanging around with a group of misfits like those in our church. But without my pastor, our "team" wouldn't be half as accomplished and driven as it is.

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I was thinking about the rival baseball team in the movie that Rodriguez could easily have played with. They had the beautiful uniforms, they had the most handsome and best and brightest players around, and they had one of the nicest fields on which to play their game. Compare that with the team Rodriguez was in charge of and you have a picture in your mind of my pastor and his duties to his team. If you asked my pastor if he feels he has given anything up by moving out to Montana, pastoring a smaller church in a small town, with a congregation of misfits -- again, I say this very lovingly about my new church's congregants and even include myself in this category -- I'm certain he would say he is blessed. Just as Rodriguez felt blessed and honored to be in charge of his own baseball team.

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I want to again thank my Lord for bringing us to this new church where people are so driven and dedicated. Despite our inadequacies and shortcomings, our church is a winning church because of the pastor who coaches us and leads us and teaches us so much about You. Thank you, Lord, for Pastor and his desire to serve You in our church.