![]() ![]() Think of “read my lips, no new taxes.” Or “I did not have sex with that woman.” We’ve learned not to trust promises that are given to us.īut God’s promises are different. ![]() We have learned not to take very seriously the promises that sports stars give to us or celebrities, let alone politicians. While still with the Miami Dolphins, Nick Saban said emphatically, “I’m not going to be the Alabama coach.” Well, that turned out well for Alabama. They were down 40 to nothing at halftime, and they ended up losing by 50 points. In 2007 the Wyoming football coach guaranteed a victory against their rival Utah. You’ll be glad to know Oklahoma’s president did not make her stick to her promise. In the 2008-2009 season an Oklahoma women’s basketball player, their star player, promised that she would refund her scholarship if they did not win a national championship, and they lost in the Final Four. In a playoff game against the Packers that went into overtime, the Seahawks won the coin flip and their quarterback Matt Hasselbeck said, “We want the ball and we’re going to score,” and moments later he threw an interception to Al Harris who ran it back in the end zone and the Packers won.ĭan Gilbert, the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, after the famous LeBron taking his talents to South Beach, promised “I personally guarantee the Cavs will win an NBA championship before LeBron James.” Didn’t happen. We remember those sorts of guarantees the few times, the Joe Namath, the Babe Ruth calling his shot, but we don’t remember all the times in sports that promised something and it didn’t come true. But of course, Joe Namath’s guarantee didn’t have to turn out that way. We remember that game because of the gutsy promise that came true. The Jets were 18 point underdogs, no one expected them to win, and Broadway Joe guaranteed a promise that they would win and sure enough the Jets won 16 to 7. Thinking of Super Bowls, you may know, if you’re a fan, that one of the most famous Super Bowls was Super Bowl III where Joe Namath famously guaranteed a Jets victory against the Colts. My wife doesn’t actually like that joke, either, but she resembles the remark, so it’s her fault. We were both born in the summer of 1977, we both went to college in the state of Michigan, we both lived in Boston during his first Super Bowl run, and we both married supermodels. Which gives me the opportunity to tell you once again what my kids have said, “Please, Dad, don’t use this joke again,” but is Valentine’s Day so I need to tell you that I have a lot in common with Tom Brady. You probably saw last Sunday, I’m sure after you were at the evening service, that the Super Bowl was played and Tom Brady won his seventh Super Bowl, so glad for that guy to get a break in life. Father in heaven, give us now ears to hear, speak that we may understand, send Your Spirit to illumine our minds and quicken our hearts, help us learn what we do not know, see what we have not seen, remember what we may have forgotten, and do what we should do. ![]()
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