Geordies Know baseball?

Well atleast I do!
Summer is here and for all those who are American know its baseball season! I've been watching baseball nearly every day via a wonderful thing call MLB Live (Major League Baseball). Its belter! There's atleast 8-10 games on in a day and all I have to do is click on the game I want to watch and its streaming live right to my computer and the picture's rite good! Its like watching it on proper TV!
Use to be a NY Yankees fan but was persuaded to change, now I'm an LA Angels fan due to my sister living in LA for about 6 or 7 years but how did a Geordie get hooked on baseball?
Well, when I was 8yrs old there was an American dude living down the road from me, which is weird in itself. Anyways, I was messing about with a bunch of lads playing cricket in the road and he was sitting in his yard watching us. Long story short, we got talking and he gave me his baseball book and I was hooked. I read it from cover to cover (for those who know me now, yes I used to read) I practiced every pitch in that book with a hacky sack(drove my sister crazy throwin it across the landing at home) but I never got to do the real thing until.......last week I was up in China with an American & a sort of American and the 3 of us played on this patch of grass round the back of me friends house. It was cool!

Bet yer didn't know that about me!

One Chip Down

Some people who are close to me know that I have collected alot of chips on my shoulder about things in my life and I'm finally proud to say that I got rid of one...and Man it feels good!

I met a person sometime last year and after a couple of times being around them in company I decided that I didn't like them, I had a big chip on my shoulder with their name on. At that time, once I had made a decision about somebody that was it....BUT....I saw a dramatic change in this person recently and I felt God telling me not to judge them because of what they were or did in the past but to give them a chance. It took a serious effort and it was hard work but I am so thankful that I did because I would have lost one of the best friends that I've now got. I finally understood what grace is and how we don't decide when or who we give it to.... only God decides that. I thank God everyday for the friends & people that He surrounds me with...they are all a blessing.

Please right now think of someone that you don't normally give the time of day to and make a real effort to get to know them....you could be missing out on some great friendships!