And what life we saw this season in the Broncos. Not only were they ultimately successful on the field but they were stars. I think Tim Tebow was obviously the brightest star on the team when it came to attitude...and I really think his teammates followed. I just watched Tim Tebow's post game interview and all he talked about was the great opportunity he had this season, and what a privilege it was to hang out with Zach McCloud he brought to the game. He said its all about your perspective and what lens your looking through.
You see, Tim has chosen to look at the world from the point of view of those less fortunate. He sees how insignificant a game win really is. On the same note, he is still an NFL athlete that plays his butt off for a win. I am sure he would love to be playing again next week, rather than not. But he see that isn't everything. I later saw a highlight from Tom Brady's post interview and he said, winning is all that matters. I am not kidding. He said it and I probably would never have noticed if I didn't see the Tebow interview just before his. The FOX 31 news commentators gave Tebow a hard time saying that his win or lose attitude was not leadership or quarterback quality. I cant even tell you how much I would rather have that attitude in a quarterback!
Aren't these the qualities we want to teach our kids? Is being the most winning-est anything really that important? When we get to heaven do you think God will want to know how many "games" we "won" in life, or how we glorified Him? Or how we loved one another? How we cared for those less fortunate than us. I for one, learned a lot about myself this Broncos season. Something I would NEVER have imagined I would say.
This season Tebow truly was a star and he shinned in a very dark place. Something I pray my for my kids every night!
"so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe" Phil 2:15
I have never heard so many harsh words about Tim, but I have also never seen so much optimism after coming off a 45-10 loss! What a bright future the Broncos have! What a bright future we have in Christ!
My grandma Nadine gave me this quote when I was in college, only a few short months before she died...
"People are like stained glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within." ~Elizabeth Kubleu
GB2!! Win or lose!!!
For those of us not in the NFL where you can lose your job based upon your record of wins/loses, I tell my players and recruits that if you come to Sterling College, we don't care about our record. Our identity will not be based on our record.
ReplyDeleteIf I lose a game 45-10, which I have as a player and a coach, how should I treat my wife when I get home? I should treat her the same way as if we just won the NAIA national championship. It's not that I don't care if my team loses, but if we lose to a team better than us, as long as we played to the best of our ability, I have to be okay with that. If we lose to a bad team, that's a different story.
I tell my players, when you get out of college, they aren't going to hire you based on what your record was as a college football player. But they are going to hire you based on your attitude, work ethic, work still and your ability to get better and improve when the chips are down. Like when you're team is 1-4 and you make it to the second round of the playoffs. That's improving when the chips are down.
A football season should be a journey, not a destination, so to is life.