Josh Hamilton

So, last night I was watching the home run derby with my brother and a guy named Josh Hamilton comes up to hit his first round. I knew his name and I had seen him before, but his story is one that is truly a testament to the power, love and reality of God. Read about his story. 

While I was watching him hit the record breaking 28 home runs in his first round I looked at my brother and said “this guy is awesome”. My brother told me that he had struggled with an addiction with drugs and was out of baseball for three years, but he found Christ. Right then I was intrigued and watched how he swung the bat and continuously hit the balls with power and joy. As he was being interviewed he explained that in 2005 he had a dream that he was at the Home Run Derby in Yankee Stadium (which, by the way, the Home Run Derby is never in Yankee Stadium and it is the last year that it will be the “old” Yankee Stadium because they are building a new one) Anyway, that is the dream that got him thinking that there was more to his life than his drug addiction and he began to change. He found Christ and last night he gave all the glory back to God for his record breaking performance. It was amazing. People were cheering for him and when asked how he felt he could only respond that it was more amazing than he ever imagined, but that it’s all because of his savior Jesus Christ. WOW! I was almost in tears. He is a witness to all of the people on his team and everyone watching him play. He was not ashamed to tell the world that God brought him out of his addiction, God brought him to that stadium and God gave him the strength to hit that many home runs.

I was blessed watching him!