Deacon's Diary

Deacon's Diary for Sunday-August,17th

deaconlwg | August 17, 2008 12:30

Deacon's Diary is a weekly feature that appears on the back side of the bulletin at the First Baptist Church of Avalon, Texas.

Good as gold.

Michael Phelps. It is a pretty safe bet that all of you have heard his name. You have now at least, after his amazing accomplishments at this years summer Olympics.


Phelps was entered into eight different swimming contest this year and got the gold medal in every one of them. In the process he set a new world record in all but one of them. Eight gold medals and seven new world records. Amazing!


To say that the news coverage of Mr. Phelps has been extensive is quite the understatement. Everything and anything about the man has been discussed. Including his large daily diet, his daily routine, and his entire family history.


The thing that I found most interesting about him was the stories about his physical makeup. He's 6'4" and weighs 195 pounds. His wingspan is 6'7". They also talked about the fact that he has a long torso with proportionally short legs that aid in his swimming ability. He has big web like hands and size 14 feet that also give him a physical advantage. The reports went on to describe him as somewhat double jointed or flexible that. once again. lends aid to his ability.


When you take all that information about the man in, and you think about it, there can be only one logical conclusion. Mr. Phelps was born to swim. That's not to say that he is good for nothing else. I'm sure that he has plenty of other talents that are not so outwardly apparent. But the fact that he was gifted for his sport of choice at birth can not be denied. His accomplishments are certain proof of it. The eight gold medals and the seven world records set would not have been possible if not for these facts.


The most important thing to note here is the fact that Mr. Phelps somehow discovered his physical talents and used them. He is a very good example of what can happen when natural born talents are given a chance to shine. When a person realizes what God has given them and then puts the gifts to work.


There is something to be learned here even more important to us as Christians and that is the need for us to find any of our natural talents that will help us to enrich the kingdom of God. I believe that all of us have some of these kind of God given talents that are waiting to be realized and then used to do the work that God intended for us to do. When a person comes to this realization and then puts his or her talents to work for God, the results are always as good as gold.

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