When I started to become really interested in following the progress of the championships around 2002-2003 Andy was seemingly set to become World no 1 and indeed for a short time he was during the winter of 2003-4 before he was eclipsed with the advent of the Federer era.
But now it seems he has determinedly resolved to make a come-back and has clearly worked extremely hard to improve and diversify his game. He was really chasing Federer so very hard on Sunday afternoon and at the end only ran out of puff first because he had had a harder battle defeating his opponents getting to the final.
What a man, I thought, and how much deserving of my support at every level, including most importantly prayer.
I have read a bit more about this man as a result of this and discovered that he has established a fund raising charity called the Andy Roddick Foundation which has raised millions of dollars for various charitable causes. How good it is when the wealthy and famous use their influence for the good of humanity in general.
Pray for this man. I have become convinced that God has His hand on his life and has placed him on my heart for intercession.
I'm sure any American readers would fully endorse this.
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Not sure praying for someone to win fits in my theology, but it sounds like he is doing some good stuff. It was a fantastic match this year although I'm yet to fully understand those funny scoring systems!
I'm not sure that I meant that we should pray for (Andy) to win Wimbledon even though doubtless he will try again. I think that I was considering more what God may be trying to show him in his life, perhaps to depend on Him more to help him achieve the desires of his heart. Truthfully though I don't know anything at all about him on the spiritual front though I read somewhere that he did attend a Christian school. I just felt moved and inspired to pray for him, that's all.
We love watching tennis, but I, like Mike, do not understand the scoring process...but my husband loves watching, has his favorites, and use to play tennis in his younger years.
I'm so glad to hear that Andy has done these good deeds.
This was a very interesing post, Steve...keep it up!
LOL:Wanda
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