The new cards are here!
The new 2016 George Brett cards are here!
2016 Topps Berger's Best #24 & #39
So I had to Google who Berger was. Sy Berger was one of the original Topps designers of cards in 1952 and this 65 card set is as Topps puts it, "A nod to him". I can understand the classic look and the importance of the 1975 card, but I yet don't see the importance of the 1990. I know he won the batting title this year, but still wouldn't of called this a "best". They also made a 1987 Bo Jackson one that I will probably pick up at some time. For the last couple of years I ask myself if it is worth continuing to collect George Brett cards. Then every year they come out with some more and keep my interest up. For the last couple years I eagerly wait February to see if Topps or Panini puts out any new George Brett cards and so far there has not been any let down. If there is ever a year in the future, like 2011 or 2009, where there really wasn't very made GB cards made and the ones that were are very rare, I might hang it up for a while.
There is not to many things that I eagerly wait for. I try to live a pretty content life and so I don't get to eager very often. New cards are one exception. Another exception is part of my job. One of the many parts of my job is selling musical items, usually vintage, on ebay. I can get pretty nerdy when talking about old drums, saxophones and other musical instruments. I make up stories in my head of the history of the instruments and now I am a part of this instrument's history. When I put them on ebay for a week auction I eagerly wait for those last seconds to tick off the clock and see what the final bid is for these treasures. I have been doing this for long enough that I rarely ever get surprised any more, but sometimes the ending bid amount totally shocks me. Many times in a good way, but sometimes way under what I thought it would sell for,
I'm sure we all have main things in our life we are eager about. My last post I wrote about a perspective that I have started looking at when it comes to my relationship with Christ and my relationship with the world. Understanding that God is in control and, for starter, I am not. Just like Daniel knew that even though he was forcibly engulfed in the Babylonian culture he knew that he was still an Israelite, and that was his home and his time in Babylon wasn't permanent.
As a follower of Christ I have also come to the understanding that this world in not my home. Do I live here?..Yes. Am I engulfed in the cultures of this world (even sometimes forcibly)?..Yes. But am I a citizen of this world or am I a citizen of Heaven? For me its Heaven. I know that my time on this earth will one day come to an end, everyone's will. Does that mean that I do not care about what is happening on this world? No, I care very much, because it is my current residence. God has entrusted me with a beautiful wife and 2 wonderful children, one who is turning 11 tomorrow, that rely heavily on me. God has entrusted me with a vocation that is working with coworkers and clients on a daily basis. God has put so much before me that he has entrusted me with, that I do not have the time and frankly the desire to focus a ton of my attention on things that he hasn't entrusted me with. Many of those things I keep myself aware of, but they don't dominate my life. Do I, as in Philippians 3:20 say, eagerly wait for my savior to take me home. Yes, but in the mean while I'm still here, I know that I have not fully fulfilled all of His plans for me. That is something that excites me, that God has more for me to do on this Earth. But for now my bed is eagerly waiting for me to go lie down. Its late and this guys is ready for bed...Good night!
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