He was a power-hitting eight-time all-star out fielder with four World Series rings and his

jersey, number 18, is about to be retired by the New York Mets, but his career and his life were once derailed

by substance abuse, prison time, and dysfunction all around.

Today on Focus on the family with Jim Daly.

You'll hear the lasting hope that Darryl Strawberry

and his wife Tracy have found in Christ.

Your host is Focus President Jim Daly,

and I'm John Fuller.

John, there's one thing that connects us all as human beings, unfortunately.

It's our sinful nature.

The Bible says none is righteous, no, not one.

The good news is we have a Savior, Jesus Christ, and when we believe in

him and repent of our sin, we find forgiveness for those sins. We're going to

hear from Darrell and Tracy Strawberry who have come from a

place of deep struggle and who have found the answer in Christ. And although

they're retiring that Jersey, it strikes me, the man who first put that on is not the man who's going to that ceremony now.

He's changed.

That's quite an observation, Jim.

As I mentioned, Darrell played for a number of Major League Baseball teams during 17 seasons, including the Mets and the Yankees.

And as you said, the Mets are going to honor him and retire his Jersey on June 1st in New York City. And we're going to hear now the conversation with Darrell and his wife

Tracy recorded a few years ago. It's an incredible story. Let's go ahead and

hear that now on today's focus on the family with Jim Daly.

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