Umpire Your Life by Joy Boenig Dechene

 Umpire Your Life

by Joy Boenig Dechene, M.A., R.Sc.P.

If life is a game—and even if it is not—can you accept the idea that you call the events in

your life very much as an umpire would call the balls and strikes in a baseball game?

I‟m sure you can remember the times when you did not agree with the umpire‟s call

when you were watching a baseball game. Perhaps it was because you were viewing the

pitch from another perspective. In the case of a sporting event, it does not matter what

we think when it comes to the final say. In other words, the umpire‟s point of view is the

one that counts. He is the one that says “It ain‟t nothing „til I calls it.” That is what I

would like you to do with the experiences in your life.

Why not call them good? As soon as you do, they will be. That has been my experience.

No matter what the situation may look like at the time, as soon as I DECLARE IT GOOD,

the whole situation changes. Since God the Good is all there is, I know that is the intended outcome.

I love what Joseph said to his brothers who had sold him into slavery in Egypt. They

came to him for help when they were starving. Joseph by then was an assistant to the

Pharaoh. Summing up what had happened to him Joseph said to his brothers “You

meant it for evil, God meant it for good.”

If I call an event good, regardless of appearances, it is just like surrendering to the Will

of God. God knows what lies just beyond this point in my life. God means it for good,

even though it may not look like my idea of good.

November, 2001. Copyright © 2001-2009 Joy Boenig Dechene