Sin, Repentance and Baseball
As the steroid saga continues to unfold in Major League Baseball, I came across an interesting quote. This quote sums up sin and repentance quite nicely. In particular, this pitcher’s confession of steroid use publicly is an encouragement to the church. We should confess our sins to one another. Once they are made public, we have nothing to stand behind. If we are truly loved by our Christian brothers and sisters, they will show us mercy, compassion, support and encouragement. Here is the quote:
“I didn’t used to be this way, but I’m at the point where I know what I did was wrong 100 percent, no excuses, not justification, no rationalization. I screwed up and I crossed the line,” the 37-year-old pitcher told The Associated Press in an interview from his home in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Wednesday.
“I feel like I’ve been shown mercy in all of this,” Herges said. “If I’m not standing there naked in front of the world with my big secret, I’d still be holding onto it, hiding it. It would still be eating at me. It’s not fun by any stretch holding onto something like that, so secretive, so dirty. I’m grateful it’s out there. I’m freed a little bit, a lot actually.”