We've been called up to bat... you in?

Oh, the beauty of fairytales. Underdogs win. Frogs become princes. 
In the Gospels of Grace, we catch a glimpse of our dreams of glory.  

We see that fairy tales can come true. Jesus, this historical world-shaker, 

claimed to espouse as his mission the realeasing of the imprisoned and the loving of the unloved.

  He walked into the playground of the ancient eastern world and chose players for His team. 

His choices shocked those chosen, and baffled those observing in the stands 

of tradition and political correctness. 
The gospel teaches, in a sense, that He has drafted each of us. 

Though we stand back, awkward and amazed, He hands us the bat. 

Though we're frogs, He kisses us. Though we're ugly stepchildren, 

He makes the slipper somehow fit. 
He came, and comes, to give life to the lifeless. 
(Chris Maxwell, Beggars Can Be Chosen)