In the current issue of Fellowship of Christian Athlete's monthly magazine, Sharing the Victory, Jake Peavy of the San Diego Padres had this to say about Christians being labeled as weak:
“That drives me crazy,” he said, excitement building in his voice. “We need to win. I mean, God has given us this talent to go out and use it. The Lord wants us to be as competitive as we can be in the right way. But I think the way we’re supposed to play this game is the way it’s meant to be played, and that’s hard. But, there again, it’s playing the right way—to not show anybody up and to not get carried away and use some of the language, but to play the right way and be role models to our teammates. It’s OK to say, ‘Hey, you can be upset that you made outs. You can be upset that you lost, but handle it in the right way.’ I think that’s all part of being a Christian athlete.”
I could not agree more. And, this is not confined to the athletic field--it is true of our everyday lives at work and at home. We were born to win, so let's work that way!
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