My baseball analogy.
It must have been a serious inspiration maybe
even a revelation just for me cuz it keeps coming back to me and helps me keep
moving right now. So we went to KC to
watch the Mariners play baseball. To begin with it was 13 innings. 6 people in the stadium rooting for the mariners
(there may have been a few more but these are the ones we found). We felt alone (Us and the Mariner fans) and we found each other quickly when the KC fans told us to “Shut UP out of
respect” really ??? respect for what at
that point they were winning??? I was
amazed at people and how rude they can be.
Anyway side tracked not part of my inspiration just the back story. It was Hot.
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| Raul Ibanez ties the game |
Ninth inning game is tied - which means we continue in this heat. But also that the games becomes more interesting and for some it will be better than for others. The Spirit is strong and the chanting "RAUL RAUL RAUL RAUL" rises!!!
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| Miller makes a beautiful double play |
Along about the 11th inning it’s a double play beautiful,
beautiful (dang it I can’t remember who hit it, all I remember (which is really
the way the spirit works right? you might not remember what was said, but how
you felt!) it was beautiful! It
happen so fast I was tired and HOT!
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| Dang they win!!! |
Later… Top of the 13th it’s obviously tied - score is 6 up KC has 10 hits mariners 18. – it’s a LONG
game. But it’s the atmosphere –
right!? It’s summertime, it’s hotdogs,
it’s salty pretzels with cheese, it’s WATER!
One thing I note is people keep leaving (why don’t people stay and support their team?) we
loose some - why? - they can’t endure to the end.
Then BAM Moustakas of the KC Royals hits a home run that saves their
game!!! Some didn’t see it. The revelation for me was that revelation is
like that - BAM! if you aren't paying attention you'll miss it and when you see it its beautiful and you'll always remember it and can't deny that you had it, felt it saw it. When we keep the commandments, and we
do what we are suppose to, inspiration comes because we are keeping the commandments and striving to be intune. BAM! - now and then a real revelation comes your way,
something so spiritual it gets you thru the next trial - maybe you don’t share it
with everyone in a testimony meeting – it’s just that spiritual.
Still it gives you a foundation, something to
hold on to (or too!?!?!) a reason to stay in the game til the end.
I see so many insights and revelations for myself in this game. I had been myself reading and studying scriptures and talks seeking guidance, having the desire to learn about revelation and so I feel like I prepared myself to be able to be intune to see it, like a parable... we learn when we are ready, Heavenly Father only teaches us what we can absorb and handle - be responsible and accountable for. I pray to continue learning and to endure and not leave the game early, having other priorities or thinking something else is more important than paying my debt to God by living the commandments. I hope you will too.
Quote: “I am always humbled and grateful when my Heavenly Father communicates with me through His inspiration. I have learned to recognize it, to trust it, and to follow it. Time and time again I have been the recipient of such inspiration.” Thomas S. Monson
