I could not deal with rejection after my failed professional baseball career. I began to feel like there was no hope for me in life, and I developed a "don't care" attitude. But I thank God for a praying mother, who stood on Joshua 24:15; "Choose ye this day whom you shall serve, but as for me and my house, we shall serve the Lord." I thank God for a praying grandmother and other family members too! Like a light bulb turning on one day, I was reading a book by T.D. Jakes and it became clear. The book read, "He or she whose hope is in God is not hopeless." So I cried out to God for myself and He heard my cry and saved and delivered me. Today, my desire is to reach back and help as many as possible to come to know the Lord Jesus Christ and let them know that they can surely "Rise Again".