Which of the following are similar to the ways you've served Christ in your family? [check all that apply]
• Taught your kids to see God's glory in nature
• Washed the dishes without being asked
• Played a board game with your kids
• Encouraged your wife to finish her master's degree
• Attended a child's open house at school
• Worked fewer hours to be with your family
• Set an example of a godly prayer life for your children
• Held a crying child
• Swung on the tire swing with your daughter
• Told your wife why you're still in love with her
• Told your son he's got what it takes
• Coached soccer
• Let you child correct you now and then
• Fixed the vacuum cleaner
• Taught your sons to ride a bike
• Listened patiently to a complaint of your wife
• Taped your child's artwork to your office wall
• Admitted to your kids that you were wrong
• Told your children how Christ entered your life
• Cleaned up vomit
• Taught your children to love books
• Been romantic without expecting sex
• Told your daughter she's smart/beautiful
• Set standards for your kids and stuck to them
• Dealt graciously with a busybody neighbor
• Peeled carrots
• Watched movies together
Post-Game Wrap-up Theme of the Week: Go and Be Reconciled Monday, September 2, 2002
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September/October 200255Post-Game Wrap-upTheme of the Week: Go and Be Reconciled Post-Game Wrap-up Theme of the Week: Go and Be Reconciled Monday, September 2
Key Bible Verses: Never pay back evil for evil to anyone … Do your part to live in peace with everyone (Romans 12:17-18). Bonus Reading:Genesis 33:1-11
By this time, Alomar was playing for the Cleveland Indians. John Hirschbeck's friend, Jack Efta, was in charge of the umpire's room at Jacobs Field, so Hirschbeck, wanting to break the tension, asked Efta about Alomar. Efta said, "Roberto is one of the two nicest people I've met. And you're the other one." That comment was enough to prompt Hirschbeck to contact Alomar. They went to dinner, talked things out, and made peace.
Since then, Hirschbeck and Alomar have become close friends. The focal point of that friendship is Hirschbeck's other son, Michael, who also suffers from ALD. Hirschbeck and his wife have started a foundation to find a cure for this degenerative genetic disease that causes inflammation in the brain and afflicts 1,000 people each year in the USA. Roberto Alomar is one of the foundation's largest contributors, and biggest fund raisers. At one charity event he sold his jersey (along with that of his brother, Sandy, who was the catcher for the Indians) for $6,600. He also bought jerseys for the entire team to wear during one game that were later sold at a charity auction for ALD.
Michael Hirschbeck has been an honorary batboy for the Indians. Guess who his favorite player is.
—Bruce Bickel & Stan Jantz in Stories We Heard About Love
My Response: Which do I need to be—a John Hirschbeck or a Jack Efta?
Thought to Apply: Maybe God put us in this world to help somebody beat this disease. —Roberto Alomar
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