i'm a cardinals baseball fan by birth. i don't follow baseball very closely but enough to know when something big is happening...or maybe i just read facebook to find out what's going on... anyway...
albert pujols has made a huge impression on st. louis and baseball in general. he has a restaurant in st. louis called pujols 5. they've erected a statue of him looking towards the heavens. now that he's decided to go to the los angeles angels of anaheim, what will happen to those?
cardinals fans all over are pretty upset and disappointed in albert's decision. most are hurt that he went for more money instead of loyalty, but i can't say that i'm too surprised. but really wasn't it just that, his decision? i can't fault him for that, nor do i know where his heart is/was when he made this decision. i've read a lot of mean spirited comments about his decision on facebook and other articles but one status update on facebook really made me think about the real reason for the season.
my facebook friend said that all she was hearing about this morning was pujols and his decision to go to the angels. she heard it on the radio, at the grocery store, walgreens and from family and friends on the phone. she walked out of walgreens and saw a little girl with her mother, emptying her piggy bank into the salvation army red kettle. that small act of kindness from that little girl made her realize that she had been more concerned with some guy with however many millions instead of the real reason for the season. right then and there she made the decision to talk about the reason for the season and be thankful for what she has.
so to get to my point, there are bigger things happening that have more meaning and reason than some guy going to another baseball team. children are giving there savings to charity and learning this very lesson. Jesus is the reason for the season!
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