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Men of Integrity, Mar/Apr 2000
Out of Baseball for Good?
This Week's Theme: You and Your Job
Monday, April 3
Key Bible Verse: Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed (Proverbs 16:3).
Bonus Reading: 1 Peter 5:6-7
Traded from the Montreal Expos to an AA team in Nashville, pitcher Tim Burke, in his worst starting inning, allowed Chattanooga to score 4 runs. His wife recalls:
"That evening Tim said, 'After tonight, there's a strong chance I'll be released. I could be out of baseball for good.'
"'Tim,' I told him, 'maybe we need to turn your career over to the Lord.'
"Tim responded without hesitation, 'That's a good idea.'
"On our knees by our kitchen table, Tim prayed: 'Lord, I never even thought about you caring about this stuff. If I'm holding on to baseball too much, help me to let it go. But if You want me to keep going, I'll fight to make it. You know best.'
"Then I said, 'Lord, if You'll give Tim the strength and opportunity, he'll give it his all. But if it's not Your will for us to stay in baseball, please show us what You have next for our lives.'
"When we finished, we still had no idea what lay ahead, but we had a new sense of peace"—and Tim didn't lose another game all season.
—Christine Burke in Major League Dad
Personal Challenge:
- Are you feeling the "squeeze" at work? Ask the Father for His wisdom and courage.
Thought to Apply:
The Moravians had a wonderful symbol—a bull, standing between an altar on one side and a plow on the other, below which were the words: "Ready for either."
—RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Credits: Adapted from—Monday: and Tim Burke with Gregg Lewis, Major League Dad (Focus on the Family, 1994)
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July/August 2000, April 3, 2000
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