A The Baptist Deacon

In my post earlier this week I told you all (those that read what I attempt to write) that I had a lot of things on my plate. Thankfully the majority of the “busy work” is over.

I guess the biggest thing taking up my time is baseball. That’s right baseball. I have had the joy of being a Little League baseball coach for the last eight years. This year my middle son moves up to Babe Ruth baseball.

I decided that I would not coach anymore and just set in the stands and watch. Was I wrong!

The local league sometimes has a hard time getting enough volunteer coaches. The key word is volunteer. I told the league administrator that I would take a team, that I would not leave him hanging without enough volunteers. Long story short… I have a team.

What I was not told until after I had committed was Babe Ruth coaches have to be certified. Certified? Yes certified. I am in the process of taking an online course in baseball. This is taking more time than I had anticipated, but the certification will be a lifetime certification just in case I get to help with grandchildren.

The course is covering how to be a good coach with the majority of the study concentrating on how to coach these young men. How to be positive, to keep it simple, teach, celebrate the individual to make it fun. No offence but I could have used this course the first year in tee ball.

This course is teaching me how to provide a safe physical environment, be an effective and positive communicator, teach, direct player and to be a positive role model.

I have coached some very talented and well behaved boys over the last eight years. I have had the privilege to coach two championships and one runner up team. At the same time I have had boys that do not have a positive role model in there life. I have had boys that come from broken homes. I have had boys that have had bad family situations.

Two or three seasons ago I realized that we had not been having team prayer before a game.  Since that time we always have prayer before each game. No player or parent has ever objected and I pray that continues as I begin with a new team in a new league. I will still have prayer!

I understand that I have an opportunity to be a “Christ – like” role model. These young boys (young men) need a positive influence in there lives. I have commented before that we (Christian people) are the only bible some people will ever read.

I am making reference to young men because that is who I am around the most, but we do not need to leave young ladies out.

There are so many role models in the world today such as sports figures, singers, actors and actresses. So many tv shows are geared toward our young people such as Zach and Cody, Hanna Montana, Zoey 101 to only name a few. One of the Zoey 101 stars a girl 16 years old is pregnant and unmarried. Lets not forget that her big sister could have been a positive role model, but look at the shape her life is in.     

In a previous post http://deaconfarley.christianblogsites.com/blog/post/2008/04/11/train-up-a-child. I referred to a scripture in Proverbs 22:6 and how it teaches us to train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Sadly I believe parents are failing there children by not training them in the way they should go. I look around our church on Sunday mornings and I see a lot of parents with young children and I realize we are blessed because we do have children in the church. I hear of churches whose congregation is adults only. I can’t help but think about the parents who wake up on Sunday mornings and decide to do something else other than take there children to church. I did say take them, not send them.

We sometimes take a little mini vacation over the weekend out of town. Now this does not happen often, but when it does we will always take time on Sunday morning for a family bible study. This does not take the place of church.

I touched on volunteers above. In this world we volunteer easily for worldly things. When it comes to working for the Lord do you volunteer?

 1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. 

Jeremiah 31:16 Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

These are just a few things to think about and carry over into the weekend.

I ask that you remember the lady I requested prayer for this week. Her procedure was yesterday. She will not have the results until Monday.

I ask that you remember me as I once again take another ball team, that I would be the positive role model. That I might show them that God provides a safe physical environment.

May God Bless You.

Brent

I am from Sparta Tennessee. It is a small town in the middle of the state East of Nashville and West of Knoxville.
I have been a Christian for twenty - one years. This does not mean that I am perfect just forgiven, saved by the wonderful grace of God.
I am married to a wonderful woman and we have four kids three boys and a little girl.
I am active in my community as well as in my church. I am currently serving as church clerk and treasurer. I was set aside for the office of Deacon and ordained in May of 2002.

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