The Lord’s Baseball Game
Vintage Dilbert
January 14, 2012
Bob and the Lord stood by to observe a baseball game. The Lord’s team was playing Satan’s team. The Lord’s team was at bat, the score was tied zero to zero, and it was the bottom of the 9th inning with two outs.
They continued to watch as a batter stepped up to the plate whose name was Love. Love swung at the first pitch and hit a single, because Love never fails. The next batter was named Faith, who also got a single because Faith works with Love. The next batter up was named Godly Wisdom. Satan wound up and threw the first pitch. Godly Wisdom looked it over and let it pass: Ball one. Three more pitches and Godly Wisdom walked, because Godly Wisdom never swings at what Satan throws.
The bases were loaded. The Lord then turned to Bob and told him He was now going to bring in His star player. Up to the plate stepped Grace. Bob said, “He sure doesn’t look like much!” Satan’s whole team relaxed when they saw Grace. Thinking he had won the game, Satan wound up and fired his first pitch.
To the shock of everyone, Grace hit the ball harder than anyone had ever seen. But Satan was not worried; his center fielder let very few get by. He went up for the ball, but it went right through his glove, hit him on the head and sent him crashing on the ground; then it continued over the fence for a home run!
The Lord’s team won. The Lord then asked Bob if he knew why Love, Faith, and Godly Wisdom could get on base but could not win the game. Bob answered that he did not know why.
The Lord explained, “If your love, faith and wisdom had won the game you would think you had done it by yourself. Love, faith, and wisdom will get you on base, but only My Grace can get you home. My Grace is the one thing Satan cannot steal.
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Morning Story and Dilbert 
Faith filed story. More please. 😀
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Reblogged this on Mercy Pursuing Me and commented:
I love baseball. This is a great little tale that makes a great point. Dilbert isn’t to shabby either.
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Reblogged this on HodgePodge.
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beautiful
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I think I like the Christian stories the most 🙂
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Hiya Kenny, if we read this with listening ears, there is real power in this. Thank you 🙂
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Reblogged this on Christian Warrior and commented:
This tells it all, why we need God in our lives
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Excellent.
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Reblogged this on wanderingquilter and commented:
This is the best explanation I’ve seen for how it all works together.
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Loved it!
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I’ll try to remember this post to use on opening day of the Atlanta Braves. I liked Dilbert too. I worked in a cube town call center for some years after retiring from teaching. It was a good “moonlighting” job for many of us.
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Reblogged this on Intrepid Didymus and commented:
I love, love, love this!!!
“The Lord explained, “If your love, faith and wisdom had won the game you would think you had done it by yourself. Love, faith, and wisdom will get you on base, but only My Grace can get you home. My Grace is the one thing Satan cannot steal.”
Please read and share!
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😀 😀 😀
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Beautiful. Shared it on FB. I’m a huge baseball fan, so this really resonated with me. Again, a home run, Kenny! God bless. Connie
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This one struck Home Plate with me too! In fact, I think it is a Heavenly Grand Slam!!! LOL Take Care and God Bless 🙂 Kenny T
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Thank goodness for the grace of God! Great story to drive home the point that without God’s grace we are lost!
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Amen!!! 🙂
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What an awesome truth! Love this.
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Post on facebook.
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Awesome!!! 🙂 Kenny T
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I love this! Thank you.
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Reblogged this on iamb3lov3d and commented:
Sports analogies normally don’t interest me, but this one I had to share as well.
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Beautiful post!
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normally I hate analogies like that, but I enjoyed this one.
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I’ve never heard this analogy before. A great baseball analogy to the way it all works. Thanks for sharing this!
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I LOVE this! Posted it on facebook.
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Love it!
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We must always thank the Good Lord when there is a Grand Slam in the bottom of the 9th!!! Thanks for the comment!! Take Care and God Bless 🙂 Kenny T
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“Only my Grace can get you home”… Beautifully and simply stated!
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Wow…just wow!
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Reblogged this on 100% Chance of CHANGE and commented:
A fellow blogger shared this story and I just loved it! We are still battling flu at our house this week, but you are all lifted up in prayers daily!
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I tried to comment earlier on this – loved it – but don’t see my comment so it might not have taken.
I am no expert on this blog stuff, even though I have a tiny one myself.
Want to follow yours – and will try to figure that out.
Blessings, Claudia
http://theway-thetruth-and-thelife.com/
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This gave me goosebumps and brought tears to my eyes. It is a perfect analogy, thank you so much for sharing! Also, thank you for liking my blog post today… If you had not done that, I would not have found your amazing page… THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
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I’m just loving the Inspiration that I’am getting from your blog! I’m glad I took time out to visit your blog; I’ve been missing a lot.
Great story:)
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