When my son was 7 years old, he played T-ball. It's like baseball but there is no pitcher. You simply place the ball on a stick and whack away at it and run and try to score while the opposing team tries to get you out. When my son got up to bat for the first time there were 2 kids on base and I, the proud and excited Dad, was sitting in the grandstands. After swinging and missing the ball twice, my son then hit it hard down the 3rd base line and it went through the legs of 4 kids to the outfield. Two runs scored and he ended up at third base. The next boy made an out and it was time to go back on the field. Instead my son ran up into the grandstands toward me! And with eyes opened so wide with excitement, he ran up to me and shouted, "Dad! Dad! How did I do? How did I do?" I replied, "Son, that was the greatest homerun I ever saw!" With a smile he grabbed his glove and ran on to the field. That's all he needed....the approval of Dad. It was then I thought heavenward to the day when my life shall be given back to the God who gave it to me. In my thoughts I saw myself coming to the Father with my life and my service to Him and caught myself saying, "Oh Dad, Father, how did I do.....how did I do?" It is greatest desire of my life that I shall please the Father and on that day hear Him say..."well done, good and faithful servant." - Rev. Jim Mertz