Three Strikes

 Baseball season is upon us.  Three strikes and you are out is part of the game.  You get three chances to hit the ball thrown over the plate for a strike.  Now Jesus of Nazareth, known to Christian believers as the Christ, God, said some very wise things.  One thing he said is, “Forgive seventy times seven.”  This attitude is a lot better than baseball forgiveness.  You might ask yourself what benefit did you ever get by holding onto a resentment rather than forgiving someone?  The person you refuse to forgive does not change whether you forgive or not, but you are worse off.  Now my San Francisco Giants begin their season and it has been a decade since they won a World Series.  Looking at the rooster, I must have hope but be ready for forgiveness.  I have had a lot of practice over these ten years.