Here’s a quick shout-out to a friend of
ours who lives in California but hails originally from Kansas City (the only person I have ever met who actually
used to live in Kansas City). Hey,
Josh Pease … “How about them Royals?”
They edged out the Astros to get to the World Series, but I really like
the way they play baseball. I didn’t
really have a favorite once the Astros got knocked out, but for the most part I
was rooting against the Mets. Except for
when the kid from Mansfield was pitching.
But he won his game. Oh, and the
guy they have who is struggling with spinal stenosis. Him I wanted to be successful. Just a certain affinity to other guys with
back issues. Saw him get a double in the
Mansfield kid’s game. So now baseball
season is finally over after a 12 inning come from behind victory by the Royals
last night. No, I didn’t watch beyond
the tenth. Past my bedtime.
Chris will be forced to enjoy these crisp,
cool, daylight-infested early mornings with me – at least for this week (My Weatherbug app says it’s 64 degrees
outside. That’s freezing here on the
Island. I’ll have to get out our heavy
coats and stocking caps). She has
that grand and glorious experience all lined up for her – the one we all
anticipate with bated breath (well, I do,
anyway). Jury duty. First time in forever she has to go and
actually possibly get called up. Before
this she has always been primary caregiver to a child or an aging adult parent. At least she gets to go to our beautiful new criminal
justice center. Maybe I can have the
guys at station five keep an eye out for her if one of the criminals seeking
justice somehow escapes his manacles and holds an entire courtroom hostage
while demanding a helicopter and two million dollars and laughing maniacally in
the process … Sorry. Too much Gotham on
TV, I guess.
I’m praying for a typical, boring civil
trial for her. Or maybe one like I had last time I went. Actually got to the finals and had to cross the
ferry to a courtroom in Bolivar … and neither lawyer showed up. The judge wasn’t too happy, but he excused us
all from our term of service as a result.
Ah, well. Whatever happens, she
can handle it with ease.
James 1:2-4 says, “Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many
kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not
lacking anything.”
Father, give Chris and all those jurors
your wisdom to be fair and dispense justice this week. They have a great model in you. Amen.
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