WHEN IT IS HOPELESS
THERE IS HOPE
Tonight, R.A. Dickey, last years Cy Young winner as Major League Baseballs best pitcher is pitching for the Toronto Blue Jays against the Houston Astros. As baseball's best pitcher Dickey is at the top of his game. It was not always so. In fact, there was a time when he wanted to end it all and escape the pain that he felt inside.
Perhaps you too have had that feeling. That there was no hope for your situation. That you were not worthy or that the hurt inside was unbearable and perhaps even unexplainable. Dickey's search for healing and redemption is a powerful story of the grace of God that brings hope when there is no hope.
R.A. Dickey debuted his knuckleball by breaking one of baseball’s worst pitching records, giving up an unbelievable six home runs in one game. Sent to the minors and faced with the failure of his pitching dream, Dickey decided to end his life. He duct taped a hose to his car’s exhaust pipe, connected it to the driver’s side window, and placed his hand on the ignition. It was about more than his dream failing. It was about the babysitter who molested him as a child, about the man who raped him, his need for cleansing and purpose in life. He had hoped baseball would give him meaning and a way to escape the pain of his past, but all that seemed impossible now. He couldn’t see how R.A. Dickey would one day find healing and redemption and success beyond his wildest dreams.
Click the link below to see an incredible video of R.A. Dickey's journey from hopelessness to hope.
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