Mowing Over a Baseball

This is my son's experience. After talking with him, I have the following insights about mowing over a baseball.

1. You shouldn't mow over a baseball. Duh! Now wait. . . . This baseball needed retirement months ago. It blended right in with the ground. The grass was probably too high. Anyway, it's fair to say my son didn't see the baseball.
2. If you do mow over a baseball, you'll know it. I can't imagine the sound that baseball must've made orbiting beneath the mower deck. You might not know you mowed over a baseball, but you'd know something isn't right! You'd hear it. You'd feel it. The ol' ticker would beat faster.
3. If you mow over a baseball, tell somebody. My son came to me as soon as I got home. He didn't yet know what he'd mowed over, but he knew something wasn't right. That's when he mentioned "a big clang." We checked the mower to make sure the blade wasn't bent. Amazingly, it wasn't.
4. After you mow over a baseball, pick up the pieces. A baseball is nothing more than a small core, a lot of string and a leather cover. Score: mower one, baseball zero. The mower didn't merely "undo" the baseball. "Shredded" is a better word. Some string here, some string there and pieces of the cover in various spots.

Life lesson, star date 8.14.10. -- This baseball incident reminds me about sin.

1. You shouldn't sin. When you do sin, hopefully you didn't see it coming.
2. You'll know it (conviction) when you do sin.
3. You should tell Somebody (confession) when you sin.
4. You should pick up the pieces (repentance, restitution) after you sin.
5. Sin is not harmless. It should be taken seriously.