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Most Valuable Pray-er
by Al Boyce The sports agent waited, hat in his hand Near the plush inner office of Alex McBrand Fresh from assignment (well after three beers) Of assessing sports stars over two thousand years. The idea was one of the best he had seen Made easy with Alex's new time machine He flitted from Athens, to Tokyo and back Filling a notebook with his chicken scratch But now when it came to name the athlete The agent was getting a case of cold feet Who would have imagined, who'd have surmised The winner would turn out to be Jesus Christ? But look at the record, he thought as he waited The athletic achievements that Christ demonstrated While Michael Jordan had leaps of renown When Jesus went up, he NEVER came down In tennis, is any more deft with a volley Than Jesus deflecting a Pharasee folly? We've all seen good guards handling balls from the stands But has anyone ever had Jesus' great hands? In volleyball, athletes show great skill and nerve But it took Jesus Christ to define the word "serve." While sportsmen win trophies for landing marlin Our Savior was the very first fisher of men! Water skiers do many tricks while afloat But Jesus trod water -- without skis or boat. And while all other atletes have faded away The memory of Jesus has power today. The agent looked up as McBrand strutted in And feeling much better, he picked up his pen Preparing to make his case for Christ stick There really was no one else he could pick A man of such power, such glory and grace A man who taught others to win their own race Yet laying aside all this speculative talk The one thing to copy -- would be Jesus' walk Al Boyce is a former writer and reporter for The Associated Press. He lives in Raleigh, NC, where he now writes for God. Article Source: http://www.faithwriters.com |