Dad's Lessons from the Sandlot: Blessings from Billy 8-01-2005

Dad's Lessons from the Sandlot

Dad's Lessons from the Sandlot was written in 2006, two years before Billy Crain passed away suddenly on June 3, 2008. He never got the book published, but our family felt inpired and led by God to find a publisher and get the book in printed from. The book uses the transparency of Billy's baseball stories to expose God's hand in the details of our lives. The ultimate journey leads us to see God is in our stories and to train us to recognize it is really HIS STORY in our humanity. To order your copy today contact jennifercrain@sbcglobal.net.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Blessings from Billy 8-01-2005

I am going to start putting in the blog some of Billy's blessings.

Change...it's a funny thing...it happens to us whether we like it or not...sometimes we choose it; sometimes we plan it; and sometimes it just happens to us! The main issue concerning change has got to be our attitude towards it--do we embrace it or fight it. It's hard to choose to embrace change, we so want to be comfortable. But we need to remember a truth, I believe that God orchestrates, or at least allows, all things that happen to us. And He does so for our benefit...for our growth...for our maturing...all of which enables us to draw closer to God. Change is God's way of keeping us plugged into Him.
So I want to bless each one of you, and me, with a new attitude of seeing God in everything...of trusting God in everything...and therefore be able to quickly look for Him and receive what He is doing in your(my) life. And to know it is God seeking a relationship with you. It is God loving you.. It is God taking a personal interest in you. It is your Daddy loving you.
Lord, I pray that when change seems to be coming, help each one of us to move quickly from the feelings of dread/despair/defeat to an attitude of HOPE and even ANTICIPATION...of knowing and seeing You are there.

I love you all,
Dad