Vinnie
I heard something interesting as I listened to ESPN sports radio this week. A guy about my age is making an NFL comeback. The one making the comeback is quarterback Vinnie Testaverde who was the first pick in the NFL draft over 20 years ago.
It made me feel good that someone in his mid forties is going to be the man for the Carolina Panthers. I'm going to be in South Carolina this week and I hope they telecast the Panthers' game so I can see him play.
There have been two thoughts going through my mind this week as I have been thinking about Testaverde:
1. How cool is it that a guy at his age can still compete with the young bucks! I'm thinking, "Yeah, I'm a little slower, but man can our generation still get it done!"
And then there is the second view which is the other side of the coin:
2. Isn't it a little pathetic that this guy can't let it go? Is this all he really has--that he is willing to risk life and limb to go out and try and play with his 7th pro ball club? I mean he was a two time all-pro and now he is forty-three. He'll be playing against professional athletes this weekend who were not even born when he played his first pro game...
Like just about anyone named in the national media, I don't know Vinnie. I like his name. Don't like the school he played college football for years ago. I don't like most of the pro teams he played for one bit. He could be a great man who actually has his life and his priorities in order. But it seems weird to me--because there are not that many things that I was did when I was 21 that I still want to be doing now. time to grow up and change priorities.
Now God never changes. He promises that. But we do--and that usually is not a positive statement. Yet, sometimes I change can be good. I hope as I look at my life now that it is making a bigger impact for kingdom things and people than when I was in my 20's.
So, "Go Vinnie!" and I hope you don't get hurt. But most of all, I hope you have something else to live for that really matters after these few games this season are over.
It made me feel good that someone in his mid forties is going to be the man for the Carolina Panthers. I'm going to be in South Carolina this week and I hope they telecast the Panthers' game so I can see him play.
There have been two thoughts going through my mind this week as I have been thinking about Testaverde:
1. How cool is it that a guy at his age can still compete with the young bucks! I'm thinking, "Yeah, I'm a little slower, but man can our generation still get it done!"
And then there is the second view which is the other side of the coin:
2. Isn't it a little pathetic that this guy can't let it go? Is this all he really has--that he is willing to risk life and limb to go out and try and play with his 7th pro ball club? I mean he was a two time all-pro and now he is forty-three. He'll be playing against professional athletes this weekend who were not even born when he played his first pro game...
Like just about anyone named in the national media, I don't know Vinnie. I like his name. Don't like the school he played college football for years ago. I don't like most of the pro teams he played for one bit. He could be a great man who actually has his life and his priorities in order. But it seems weird to me--because there are not that many things that I was did when I was 21 that I still want to be doing now. time to grow up and change priorities.
Now God never changes. He promises that. But we do--and that usually is not a positive statement. Yet, sometimes I change can be good. I hope as I look at my life now that it is making a bigger impact for kingdom things and people than when I was in my 20's.
So, "Go Vinnie!" and I hope you don't get hurt. But most of all, I hope you have something else to live for that really matters after these few games this season are over.
2 Comments:
At October 14, 2007 7:15 PM ,
Anonymous said...
t.k.... check your spelling bro! :-)
At October 16, 2007 5:21 PM ,
Anonymous said...
by the way i am the archbishop.
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