Worth Dying For

single or numerous feats displaying selflessness and courage. Commenting on such

individuals, Theodore Roosevelt said:

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose

face is marred by sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who

errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great

enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy

cause; who at the best, knows the triumph of high achievement;

and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring

greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid

souls who know neither victory or defeat.

These people are the sports superstars that destroy barriers built up by society. They

are the missionaries who sacrifice their hands to those who have lost hope or have

never experienced hope. Never defeated, never dismissed, none more alive - all these

Jackie Robinson was never defeated. Up to 1947, Major League Baseball had

no blacks ever to fill the rugged uniform considered “holy” and lace up the cleats on

which they walked into victory or defeat. African Americans were re

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After all, how successful is my life if no one gets any

use out of it but me?

. During the six days before he died,

he prayed constantly (out loud) that his persecutors would be forgiven and receive

Christ. faith without wavering” (Hebrews 10:23)? Who would stand boldly and

without shame and confess Christ as Lord to their own or to their family’s peril?

Hardly any would die for another because of their faith. Fourth, for refusing to stop

preaching about Christ evangelist Sen-Ni-Tio had his eyes gouged out and his tongue

and both hands cut off. He made the first step in

breaking the color barrier in professional baseball by presenting a contract to a black

kid only out of college one year. Third, five students were forced to dig five deep holes.

In 1969 eye-witness reports were received about the deaths of several

Christians in a Communist labor camp. Would they persevere? Would they “hold fast the

profession . Automatically, Robinson shocked the baseball world with his ability, his

character, and his charm. Those teams, more often than not, were

maintained by the tycoons who also owned Major League franchises but would rarely

show their face at such an event as a Negro baseball game. Nor

would they endure cruel tortures that take their mind and body to the very brink of

death and beyond.

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