Aristotle once wrote:
“Courage…brings pain, and is justly praised; for it is harder to endure what is painful than to abstain from what is pleasant.”
Sometimes, we prove our
courage not so much in the things that we engage in, but also the things in
which we endure.
In that vein, Jackie
Robinson is a picture of courage and heroism.
The Hall-of-Famer who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball
was a lifelong victim of racism. He
struggled with anger over the many injustices he faced, but his Christian faith
led him to draw from those life lessons in order to change the game of baseball
and the lives of black Americans forever. A Methodist preacher named Karl Downs taught Robinson as a
young man that a life truly dedicated to Christ was not being submissive when
enduring hardships, but it was truly heroic.
And what a model Robinson gave us…not simply for persevering courage,
but Christian heroism!
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