Walking Up

Got a bit of a good feeling over the weekend watching the Texas Rangers' game against the Oakland Athletics on FSN Southwest. Rangers star Josh Hamilton was walking up to hit and his "walkup music" was a first for me -- "Saved the Day," by Christian group Phillips, Craig and Dean.

In a day when filthiness and outright deplorable material fills the television and radio, not to mention IPods and cd players, it was refreshing to hear Hamilton's display of faith in front of the Rangers' largest crowd of the season. Hamilton's story is no longer a secret -- the demons of his past drug and alcohol abuse haunt him wherever he goes but he has made it back to baseball and is at peace with himself and with God. And as Josh will readily tell anyone who will listen, it was the power of Christ that got him through that dark period in his life and every waking minute of his day today.

Thank God for the power that changes lives.

Tigers Roar! DW