One of my fav sporting events of the year is the Little League World Series. Baseball was my first love from the age 3 I was all about it. Little League was my life and my family’s for more than 10 years. We were there at the field Mon-Sat. And we all loved it. LLWS is amazing because it’s put on by 100% volunteers giving up their time, paying their own way just to give back. The kids are plying the sport for the pure joy that a beautiful game like baseball should be played. Todays game with Chinese Taipei who hadn’t lost and has won the most titles in the history of LLWS played Florida who lost their first game and had to come back many times to even make it to this game. Florida had gone 0-8 in the championship games as well. This was a great game and a lot of nail biting moments. Although the ending was not ideal , it was a great watch nonetheless. Best part of the game was two things: First thing was in the bottom of the 6th down to their last 3 outs, the Florida coach talked to the team. He told them that when they got to Williamsport he was prayed over. They prophesied over him stating they were going to win. He waited to this moment to share with them and said “we already won, now let’s go out and finish the job we came to do”. It was a great moment and shows God moving and working and the peace in the midst of craziness that comes knowing Gods got you. Second thing was right when the Florida team won, the Chinese players started crying, and instead of continuing to celebrate all the Florida players and coaches went around and consoled hugging the other team. This just showed amazing sportsmanship and what this sport, this event and what it means to be a believer all about . We can learn a whole lot from these amazing group of 11-13 year olds.

Posted by Don Weyrick at 2024-08-25 23:35:43 UTC