St. Louis's beloved Cardinal's have made it into the World Series once again and, you can bet, Jack Buck's infamous saying "go crazy folks, go crazy" has been said a time or two on the streets of this fine city since we secured our seat. St. Louis is a baseball town-just ask any of us.
Our family has season tickets. I eagerly go to the "home opener" to watch the Clydesdales prance around the stadium and on and off again throughout the late spring and into the early summer. Then, without fail, the St. Louis heat and humidity arrive and my game attendance starts to peter out. Who's fooling who? I'd rather watch the games from the comfort of my air conditioned home wearing my cute little red tee than to wilt in the scorching heat.
As sure as there's a moon in the sky, post season baseball rolls around and, lo and behold, I've turned into a fanatic once again. I dig through my closet and pull out my fall Cardinal red attire. Sweatshirts, long sleeved jerseys, scarves-you name it-I've got it. Forget about all of those months where I hardly gave our team a second thought and never kept up with the stats. I'm a fan once again. Okay, I begrudgingly confess, I'm no die hard fan. Instead I'm a fair weather fan. There, I said it. I'm not proud.
There's another area in my life where I can become quite fickle. When I can go from die hard fan to fair weather fan and back again quickly. The times when things are going great and according to my plans is when I can become an all-out die hard Christ fan. "Oh, Lord, you knew just what I needed -you are my Provider!" Then there are the times when things aren't going according to my plan. Seasons when I'm being corrected. Times of difficulty and trials. Areas He's stretching me, asking me to do things I don't want to do. Taking me out of my comfort zone. Unfortunately, these are the times I can easily slip into my fair weather fan mode. "What are you thinking, Lord, you can't ask me to do that?"
I have to choose to either be "all in" or "all out". There's no straddling the fence with God. Thankfully, He is a merciful God who is very patient with me. He knows my heart and He sees that I am His #1 fan.
"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart." Deuteronomy 6:5-6
GO CRAZY FOLKS, GO CRAZY!!!!
