Tuesday, August 02, 2011

Pitching and Conviction

Koji and Adams.  The Rangers certainly got busy and pulled off a couple of big trades at the deadline.  It will be a few years to see how good the trade was as we watch the other guy develop, or fail to develop, but I liked what I saw out of Koji yesterday and everyone is saying Adams is the "it" guy from the NL.  We'll see.  Go Rangers.


Yesterday's sermon from Romans 12 was convicting.  Rick did what good preachers do by reminding me that there is something missing in my prayer life that I'm commanded to do but don't really care to do - pray for those who are persecuting me.  Now, I'm fortunate that no one is beating me or imprisoning me for my beliefs but sometimes the mental wounds feel as deep and as painful as what I imagine the physical wounds to be.  From terrorists who threaten our safety and security to people who want to argue with us about our beliefs and actions to those who would try to gain ground and build stature around our mistakes to those who are simply abusive, everyone I know faces some level of persecution and I, for one, have certainly failed at praying for anyone and everyone who I believe is persecuting or hurting me in some way.  I'm thankful I got an earful of reminder yesterday that the power of God can do amazing things if I will tap into it. 


The more I read Romans, the more I want to read it again and again.


Grace and peace to you.

1 comment:

Rick Ross said...

Let's remain in the battle. At the very least, let's don't just give the victory to Satan.

I like the Rangers' moves.