AUTOGRAPHS
What a great event we had this weekend. This was Crosspoint's FIRST ANNUAL SUPER BOWL BASH! And, what a great start. We fed 575 men breakfast, then moved to the auditorium for a great, entertaining and insightful program. John McClain is one of the most knowledgable football minds in the country, Butch Alsandor is local celebrity leading Channel 11 Sports, Ted Johnson has played in 4 Super Bowls and come away with 3 rings, and Spencer Tillman had a great college career with a national championship, a Super Bowl ring with the 49ers and an even greater career in television. These guys were awesome. It was a GREAT event.
We threw out tons of miniature footballs, and the guys hung around and signed autographs for as many as wanted them. Ted even took off his ring and put it on a young man in a wheel chair and it made his day. How awesome was that?!
One surprise...a man approach me and asked if I would sign his football. I thought he was joking, so I said sure and grabbed the Sharpie. But, to my surprise, he wasn't joking. He was dead serious. I asked him, "Why in the world would you want me to sign your ball?". He looked at me as serious as could be and said, "Because you transform lives. Those guys just played football".
That caught me off guard. I was rather speechless. (hard to believe, I know) I signed it proudly. We live in a culture that worships sport. Put up a guy that's been to a Super Bowl, and you can draw a crowd in a heatbeat. Fortunately, these were guys of high character. But, in today's world, that doesn't matter if you can run a 4.3 forty.
Someone reminded me what really mattered. That I play in a huge arena. Bigger than any Super Bowl. And, as the writer to the Hebrews says, there are not thousands, but millions who are cheering me on. And, cheering for you too. Can you hear them?
We threw out tons of miniature footballs, and the guys hung around and signed autographs for as many as wanted them. Ted even took off his ring and put it on a young man in a wheel chair and it made his day. How awesome was that?!
One surprise...a man approach me and asked if I would sign his football. I thought he was joking, so I said sure and grabbed the Sharpie. But, to my surprise, he wasn't joking. He was dead serious. I asked him, "Why in the world would you want me to sign your ball?". He looked at me as serious as could be and said, "Because you transform lives. Those guys just played football".
That caught me off guard. I was rather speechless. (hard to believe, I know) I signed it proudly. We live in a culture that worships sport. Put up a guy that's been to a Super Bowl, and you can draw a crowd in a heatbeat. Fortunately, these were guys of high character. But, in today's world, that doesn't matter if you can run a 4.3 forty.
Someone reminded me what really mattered. That I play in a huge arena. Bigger than any Super Bowl. And, as the writer to the Hebrews says, there are not thousands, but millions who are cheering me on. And, cheering for you too. Can you hear them?
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