ahem..er..uh..Guess I did dat again...I was referring to post 4323..maybe I fell asleep..LOL! I make a motion to forget it!
In the movie Fever Pitch, Ben Wrightman is crazy about the Boston Red Sox baseball team. He rarely misses a game during the spring and summer months.
One winter, Ben falls in love with a young woman named Lindsey and wins her heart. Then spring rolls around, and she finds out that hes a different person during baseball season. He has no time for her unless she goes to the games with him.
When Lindsey ends her relationship with Ben because of his fanaticism, he talks with a young friend, who says, You love the Sox. But tell me, have they ever loved you back? Those words cause Ben to analyze his priorities and to give more time to the woman he loves, who loves him back.
We pour our lives into hobbies, pleasures, activities, workmany good things. But two things should always be thought about when making our choices. Jesus said, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart . . . . You shall love your neighbor as yourself (Matt. 22:37,39).
When it seems our life is getting out of balance, the question, Has that hobby or activity or thing ever loved me back? may help to keep us in check. Loving God and loving people are what really count.