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MONDAY MORNING MOMENTS
Mar. 20, 2000 Vol. V Number 11
On July 15, 1986, Roger Clemens, the sizzling right-hander for the Boston Red Sox, started his first All-star game. In the second inning he came to bat, something he hadn't done in years because of the American Leagues designated-hitter rule. He took a few uncertain practice swings and then looked out at his forbidding opponent, Dwight Gooden, who the previous year had won the Cy Young award.
Gooden wound up and threw a white-hot fastball past Clements. With an embarrassed smile on his face, Clements stepped out of the box and asked catcher Gary Carter, "is that what my pitches look like?"
Yu bet it is! Replied Carter, although Clemens quickly struck out, he went on to pitch three perfect innings and be named the game's most valuable player. From that day on, he later said, with a fresh reminder of how overpowering a good fastball is, he pitched with far greater boldness.
Sometimes we forget the Holy Spirit within us and how powerful our witness can be. . The gospel has supernatural power-when we speak it in confidence.
“Look at the Nations and watch - and be UTTERLY AMAZED. for I am going to do something in YOUR days that you would not believe even if you were told” Habakkuk 1:5
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