This One’s For Rick

Rick’s son, Trenton Turner

The funeral for my Uncle Rick Turner was today. He was a great man who loved Jesus. We will all miss him very much. But this post is about his 12 year old son Trenton.

Trenton has been playing summer baseball and had been waiting to get his first hit. His team was winless. The last night his Dad was alive he watched Trenton play and get his first hit. He got a solid hit on the ball but the third baseman grabbed it and threw him out before he could get to first. But I know that Rick was proud of his boy anyway.

Trenton’s next game was the day after his Dad passed away and even though it was hard he felt like he should play. The game was against the #1 ranked undefeated team and in the eighth inning the score was tied and Trenton was up to bat. Who knows what kind of emotions this poor kid was experiencing. On the very first pitch Trenton cracked the ball over the second baseman’s head and it rolled to center field and the winning run came home!

There are some stories that only God could write and I know God wrote this one for Rick. I’m sure he was watching on and he is as proud as ever.  The funeral was today and, as a testimony to Rick, there were over 500 people in attendance including all of Trenton’s baseball team on the top row dressed in their baseball uniforms.