been a huge fan ever since. For our five-year anniversary this past weekend, Trevan got us tickets to attend a couple days of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic.We were walking around checking out all these awesome players do their warm ups on Sunday. As I turned to walk away from a court I almost bumped into Ernests Gulbis, one of my favorite players. I have been a fan of his for a year now, and although he has not had his big breakthrough yet, he has tons of potential.
A huge grin broke out on my face and I felt like a fool for being so excited. We watched him warm up with other players, and as he started to leave the court I gathered up all my courage and asked him if he would take a picture with me . . . he
said YES!!This took a lot of courage for me because I am usually very self-conscious and very aware of my lack of a claim to fame. There were many other top ten players that walked right by me and Trevan was so disappointed that I never asked any of them for a picture. It was just too much pressure.
Many times I feel like that is what it will be like in heaven. I cannot wait to meet Jesus, but somehow I know that I am not as important as other great heroes of faith, so it is too much pressure to try to ask Jesus to spend a day with me. Just as I felt it would be an inconvenience for a tennis player to have to take a picture with little me, I feel like Jesus has better people to spend His time with than little me.
Yet, I am reminded in the Bible that He knew me before I was born, and that He loved me enough to give His life for me. So, even if I have to wait millions of years in heaven before my date with Jesus, He will spend a day with me, because He loves me and I am special to Him even if I don't always feel special.
By Shari Osborn
Picture 1 - Shari and Trevan Osborn
Picture 2 - Shari and Ernests Gulbis
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