The 1962 New York Mets baseball team managed to lose 120 games that season. The last game of the season, a player named Joe Pignatano hit into a triple play to end the game. It was a fitting ending for an infamous season for the Mets.

Casey Stengel was the manager of the Mets that year. After that last game, he called the team together in the locker room, and said, "Fellers, don't feel bad about this. It's been a team effort all the way."

"You Can't Win Them All" sounds like baseball wisdom. But I would like to point out to you that it is also biblical. It was Jesus' advice to his disciples. It is our lesson for this morning, the 10th chapter of Matthew, Jesus' instruction to his disciples.

Most people remember Casey Stengel from his glory days with the New York Yankees in the 50s, when they won all those titles and world championships. Most don't remember that Casey Stengel coached the Mets, and lost 162 games. Even fewer people know that he coached the Boston Braves, where one year he lost 92 games. In fact, Casey Stengel lost more games than he won. And yet he is considered one of the immortals in that sport, instructing us that you can't win them all, so you better learn how to lose some.

Jesus gave us this advice on how to do it. "Shake the dust off your feet and move on."