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Trust in the LORD, and do good; so you will live in the land, and enjoy security.
(Psalm 37.3 NRSV)
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Mickey Mantle, former home-run slugger for the New York Yankees, was deeply influenced by his father. Mantle once wrote, "According to Mother I was still in the cradle when Dad asked her to make a baseball hat for me. When I was five he had her cut down his baseball trousers and sew together my first uniform. Also when I was five, he began teaching me how to switch-hit; that is, to hit left-handed against right-hand pitchers, and right-handed against left-handed pitchers, which gives a hitter a big advantage. Dad was a left-hander, Grandpa a right-hander. Every day after work they'd start a five-hour batting session. Both would toss tennis balls at me in our front yard as hard as they could. I'd bat right-handed against Dad, and switch to left-handed against Grandpa. When I hit the ball hard over the house or through somebody's window they would count it a run. I'm probably the only kid around who made his old man proud of him by breaking windows. Dad hammered baseball into me for recreation. But he did more than that. He taught me confidence."
Can you see how Mickey's later success was the product not only of talent and personal initiative, but also of that trust and confidence he learned at home? Trust and confidence are primary functions of the home. Of course, God is our ultimate source of trust and confidence.
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Dear Jesus, no matter how stuck we are, we can find trust and confidence in God. Amen.
Ron Newhouse
(Psalm 37.3 NRSV)
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Mickey Mantle, former home-run slugger for the New York Yankees, was deeply influenced by his father. Mantle once wrote, "According to Mother I was still in the cradle when Dad asked her to make a baseball hat for me. When I was five he had her cut down his baseball trousers and sew together my first uniform. Also when I was five, he began teaching me how to switch-hit; that is, to hit left-handed against right-hand pitchers, and right-handed against left-handed pitchers, which gives a hitter a big advantage. Dad was a left-hander, Grandpa a right-hander. Every day after work they'd start a five-hour batting session. Both would toss tennis balls at me in our front yard as hard as they could. I'd bat right-handed against Dad, and switch to left-handed against Grandpa. When I hit the ball hard over the house or through somebody's window they would count it a run. I'm probably the only kid around who made his old man proud of him by breaking windows. Dad hammered baseball into me for recreation. But he did more than that. He taught me confidence."
Can you see how Mickey's later success was the product not only of talent and personal initiative, but also of that trust and confidence he learned at home? Trust and confidence are primary functions of the home. Of course, God is our ultimate source of trust and confidence.
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Dear Jesus, no matter how stuck we are, we can find trust and confidence in God. Amen.
Ron Newhouse
