Baseball
The Amish View: Baseball
When I first began researching Amish people and Amish communities I was surprised to find how much they enjoyed games. For instance, baseball–I had never imagined Amish kids playing baseball. Now why is that? Maybe I hadn’t seen it in the paper or on the news. Maybe I hadn’t read enough. But in fact, Amish families do love games, and kids and young adults alike also love to play softball/baseball.
I googled AMISH and BASEBALL and came up with 6,170,000 results. Now that’s a lot–and many of them included pictures. : ) Try it if you’re ever bored at your computer. My point is that here is one thing mainstream America and Amish communities have in common–a love of baseball.
Today when I logged on to my fav newspaper and saw that my FAVORITE baseball player had re-signed with the Texas Rangers, I was thrilled. Then I read Josh Hamilton’s quote, and I thought again of the Amish. We really do have a lot in common–baseball, a love of our community, and a gratitude to God. On signing his new contract, Josh said —
“I was sweeping places out like this seven years ago or whatever,” he said. “This goes for anybody. It’s awesome to think about what God can do in your life if you allow him to. … It’s just amazing.”
You can read the entire article here, and you can purchase Josh’s book, Beyond Belief from Amazon. It is truly a story of God’s grace.
V~
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