God almost certainly uses stories to give us hope amid the world’s creeping darkness... former NBA first-round pick AJ Griffin, who turned 21 last month, explained why he has chosen to walk away from a lucrative career in professional sports and pursue a new calling as a full-time Christian minister. “I gave up basketball to follow Jesus,” Griffin said. The decision, it seems, came on gradually. In fact, only as a teenager living through the worst year in recent memory did Griffin fully embrace the relinquishment of self-will that Christianity requires. “This really has to start off with me giving my life to Christ in 2020,” he said. “I truly accepted Him back then. He found me.” At that point, the now-former basketball star emphasized something that many Christians experience. “I know we say we find God, but He finds us,” Griffin added.
