http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/...wrestling-hope/

"WARDSVILLE — Michael Burris grew up watching professional wrestling. At just 4 years old, he would plead with his grandpa to take him every Friday night to the wrestling matches in St. Joseph, 12 miles from Clarksdale where he lived, to watch “Handsome” Harley Race, “The Stomper” and other big-time wrestlers compete in all-star shows. Burris would never have guessed that one April evening nearly 40 years later he’d be watching a wrestling match while seated beside Harley Race himself.

Amid the sounds of cheers, jeers and body slams, the message emerged that Jesus changes lives. But this wasn’t church; there was no traditional sermon or music from a choir. Instead, the pulpit was a wrestling ring, and the man who preached Jesus’ power was dressed more like he was on his way to the gym than to church. That man, Ted DiBiase, known to fans as The Million Dollar Man, took center stage in the ring and told the story of how God turned his life around. It wasn’t until DiBiase learned to stop trying to control his own life that he realized he had something powerful to live for.

Burris had also struggled with surrendering his life to God.

At 17, Burris felt God calling him to be a pastor. “I ran,” Burris said. “I had gotten caught up in some sin, and Satan convinced me that I couldn’t be a pastor because I’d made a mistake.”

In 1999, Burris stopped running and finally decided to listen. He fell to his knees in a hotel room in Columbia.

“God, I’ll go anywhere you want me to go, do anything you want me to do and be anything you want me to be,” Burris said he told God.

He entered a special program at Oral Roberts University, got a certificate in charismatic ministry and waited to see what opportunities God would give him.

“God gave me individual people to encourage when they were down and pray for when they were sick. When a tornado wiped out the town of Stockton in 2003, I got the chance to start a Bible study among survivors.”

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not very usual ..

If you hang around enough sporting events you will find this happens alot. Went I was racing cars I went to with some of the NASCAR greats. I listened to there stories

waow.. i didn't know that .. racing , hmmmmmmmmmmm!!