Earlier today in Paris, Kaka’ was awarded the “Ballon d’Or”….the “Golden Ball”. It is the most prestigious soccer award that can be received by a soccer player playing in Europe. Why does this excite me? Well, I am glad you asked…
Kaka’ is, hands down, my favorite soccer player. Not only is he the star of my team, AC Milan, but he is also Brazilian (my heart will always be part Brazilian). However, the reason that I am so excited about this is that it provided him with yet another opportunity to tell the world where his strength comes from. Kaka’ is unashamedly a follower of Jesus Christ, and he finds ways to share that with others, including the media, as much as he can. People really do not know what to make of Kaka’s faith. They find it hard to believe that a young, handsome, rich, skillful man who is currently on top of the world would willingly choose to deprive himself of so many of the pleasures the world offers in order to try to live a life that is pleasing to God.
Every time one of the Atleti di Cristo get featured in the news or on TV and talk about their faith, the website I run for them gets LOTS of hits. So, as you can imagine, the website will be getting a lot of attention these days. My prayer is that the visitors will not only read Kaka’s testimony, but that they would read many of the testimonies on the site, and be amazed at what God has done in the athletes’ lives…and realize that He can do the same with their lives!
We saw this, very cool. What an amazing testimony! Does he still have that apartment by y’all?
Awesome to see the famous making Him even more famous!
Wow. I was shocked that the 2nd best player got the award! It is pretty awesome that he is a Christ follower though! Great stuff buddy!