CALLING CARDS FROM THE DISTRICT MODERATOR

Play ball! I know it’s not baseball season yet, but it’s only five weeks until pitchers and catchers report to spring training. Football playoffs are happening this month. NBA basketball is almost half over. And my team, the Milwaukee Bucks, won the NBA Cup. Whatever that is. And the NHL is under way. In all these sports, there are officials or players who call balls, strikes, safe, out, pass interference, 2-point or 3-point shots, and a lot of other calls. In our lives there are people who do the same thing. We get calls from pastors, spouses, work bosses, neighbors, and others. Even when you’re retired, you are busier than when you were working.

The calls we receive may be to go on mission trips, help with the local food pantry, projects at church or in your neighborhood, or getting called to come back to work and help do part of your old job. Wherever those calls may come from, take the request to God and seek his guidance. Whatever the call may be, God will equip you with the tools needed to achieve the goal.

Be in prayer with God and be prepared for his answer, no matter when or how it arrives. Be ready to PLAY BALL!

Bill Williams, IL/WI District Moderator