A Few interesting segments from an article by Mike Vaccaro in today's New York Post about Superbowl-bound Arizona Cardinals Quarterback Kurt Warner, talking about how facing the Pittsburgh Steelers will not faze the faith-filled QB this Sunday:
"So that is a large segment of Warner's armor, the belief that no matter what happens from here, no matter how much the Steelers want to hit him and pound him and send him limping off into the night this weekend, he's already known the hardest of hard times. He's already seen the abyss. Twice. That strengthens him. And people can root for that.The other part . . . Well, that's the one that makes some people squirm, the part where he lifts up his Bible and gives praise and thanks to his Savior and does it gladly and gleefully. People can tolerate a quarterback praising his offensive line for protection; they are less forgiving to hear that it was Jesus who delivered instead of a left tackle.
"I believe in Jesus. It makes all the difference in my life. Everything I do, everywhere I go, I'm trying to live up to or to represent Jesus. Having the faith that I have, believing what I believe, it's the first and foremost thing in my life. "
It is good, and refreshing, to see a rather *somewhat* non-biased article in a New York paper (if it didn't have at least a little sass and sarcasm to it, it wouldn't be a NY Sports column) openly discussing the role of the Christian faith in an athlete's life, especially in someone like a Kurt Warner, he of the 'road-less-travelled-to-get-to-this-point' fame (This road included stocking shelves for a living, playing in the football wasteland known as Europe, and being cast off by both the St. Louis Rams and the New York Giants). He is one of those guys people love to hate, because he is a good guy with few or no outside-the-field issues. Everyone can thank God when they succeed, few can thank him before the victory.
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Sundays a coming!!!!!!
I was about to say that last line about thanking God after success not before is true, but I think in a way, it's not really when success comes that people remember God; it's when failure -- or fear of failure -- comes. It's usually right before the Superbowl that everyone -- whether they're religious or not -- is praying for their team to win. Then when their team wins, they forget that it was God that answered their prayer.
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