Monday, August 5, 2002
Monday, August 5, 2002
So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if
we do not give up.
He worked hard to overcome his shortcomings as a catcher; he spent extra hours in the
batting cage; he studied rival hitters, until he knew their every weakness, and eventually turned
the table of public opinion. He won the respect of his teammates, and the admiration of the
opposing teams. He was to become one of America's most loveable personalities. When he
retired, he had played on fourteen pennant winning teams; he had hit 358 home runs, had
made the all-star team numerous times, was voted the League's MOST VALUABLE PLAYER 3
times, and he had set 18 world series records. He had become so popular they named a
cartoon after him. Today you know him as Yogi Berra. He had the determination! He ran the
good race, fought the good fight.
May we also, as God's followers, fight the good fight.
(Galatians 6.9
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It was the spring of 1947. A new young baseball player had shown up in Yankee stadium. He
was a catcher. No one ever looked less like an athlete than this guy. People and sports
writers wondered if the Yankee organization had lost its mind, and this was before George
Steinbrenner. He was strange looking. He was short, squat, rotund and clumsy. He looked
more like something out of a circus, than a professional ball player. They made fun of the way
he walked, and the way he looked with a catcher's mask on. He swung at bad pitches, had
problems behind the plate, his throwing was wild. He was criticized and laughed at, but would
not quit. He was determined to stay with it.
Dear Jesus, it can be very hard serving you at times. Help me to ever give up. Amen.
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