My ability to throw a baseball was a gift. It was a God-given gift. And I am truly appreciative of that gift.
I think more than anything, just putting in perspective what this baseball thing means and understanding that it is a gift and I didn't do anything to deserve that and realizing that if we continue to look to God to guide our path, you never know what could happen.
My father played baseball. That's what I know to do. That's my gift. God has given me the greatest gift. And that's what I love to do.
I know I didn't deserve this, but God has given me this baseball ability. So I've got to do whatever I can to honor him.
True prosperity is an incredible gift. It's a gift YOU deserve. And no matter what anyone says, it's a gift that IS available to you - right now.
God says "I have given you this gift, and it is a real gift. I want you to love me freely, and I will do anything, anything up to giving up the most precious thing I could say I have, my son, to prove I love you. Please come back."
God gave us the gift of life in heaven. Many people are given this gift, but they never open it. They never do anything with it.
Justice is getting what you deserve.
Mercy is not getting what you deserve.
And grace is getting what you absolutely don't deserve.
...... benign good will. unprovoked compassion. the unearnable gift
The first thing baseball wants to do is make you a superstar and then say that you owe baseball something. I don't owe baseball anything. Baseball owes me.
The gift of self cannot be given to us. It is an incomparable gift that has already been given. We have possessed it from the beginning.
Anything that is given can be at once taken away. We have to learn never to expect anything, and when it comes it's no more than a gift on loan.
For people who write songs, it's a gift you're given. You become good at the craft, but you're given the gift.
During the holiday season, it's easy to forget that sometimes the best gift of all is simply the gift of time. I can't think of anything a writer would appreciate more than being given time and space to work.
A gift that cannot be given away ceases to be a gift. The spirit of a gift is kept alive by its constant donation.
Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.
I just happen to know how to hit a baseball and throw a baseball. But I probably couldn't go into somebody else's job and be as good as they are but no one's praising them about it.