{"id":25266,"date":"2023-05-11T13:36:21","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T17:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=25266"},"modified":"2023-05-12T09:54:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T13:54:43","slug":"st-louis-cardinals-shortstop-tommy-edman-shares-his-testimony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/05\/st-louis-cardinals-shortstop-tommy-edman-shares-his-testimony.html","title":{"rendered":"St. Louis Cardinals Shortstop Tommy Edman Shares His Testimony"},"content":{"rendered":"
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St. Louis Cardinals\u2019 Golden Glove winner and shortstop for Major League Baseball, Tommy Edman, recently discussed how he had \u201cone eye set on the world and one eye set on God.\u201d After he finished his time at Stanford University, Edman was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals.<\/p>\n

During his time in St. Louis, Edman saw what it meant to live for God. He noticed that other men lived with integrity on and off the field, and \u201cthe one thing that was different with them was that they all had their eyes fully set on God.\u201d After that, he realized he had to make changes if he wanted to live up to God\u2019s potential for him.<\/p>\n

Edman looked up to men like Paul Goldschmidt and Adam Wainwright his entire life playing baseball. He admired the way they played and their success on the baseball diamond, and he admired who they were as God\u2019s children once he got to know them off the baseball field.<\/p>\n

In a recent Sports Spectrum \u2018I Once Was\u2019 video, Edman said, \u201cAs soon as I got to be in a clubhouse with them and saw that they lived out that light, not just on TV and on cameras, but also behind the scenes as well. They were men of integrity. Seeing how those guys conducted themselves at all times throughout the day really made a huge impact on myself and inspired me to turn both eyes to God.\u201d<\/p>\n