Monday, November 26, 2001
Monday, November 26, 2001
"While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become
children of light."
"Starting today, I want you to believe you are the best pitcher in baseball. Look at that
hitter and say, `There's no way you can ever hit me.'"
Two days later Orel pitched relief and in 3 innings, he gave up only 1 run. Lasorda's
talk (he calls it his "Sermon on the mound") had worked.
The question here is how we view ourselves. Can we believe not only in God but also
in ourselves as God's people? After all, we are God's greatest creation.
(John 12:36
NRSV)
Baseball pitcher Orel Hershiser in his book OUT OF THE BLUE tells about an
encounter he had with Dodger's manager Tommy Lasorda. Lasorda called Hershiser
into his office one day and shouted at him, "You don't believe in yourself! You're scared
to pitch in the big leagues! Who do you think these hitters are, Babe Ruth? Ruth's
dead! You've got good stuff. If you didn't, I wouldn't have hired you. I've seen guys
come and go, son, and you've got it! Be aggressive. Be a bulldog out there. That's
gonna be your new name: Bulldog. With that name, you'll scare the batters to death!
Dear Jesus, thank you for showing me the way of belief in our heavenly Father. Show
me the way to also believe in myself, as a great creation of God. Amen.
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