Yep pretty much all sports. The dollar treats anyone in the spotlight as 
such, use them and drop 'em.

Brad



At 06:33 PM 10/12/2007, you wrote:
>Brad,
>I know that Reggie white, otherwise known as the Minister of Defence, 
>witnessed to Brett a lot while they were at Green Bay together.  That had 
>to have planted some seeds.  Brett has certainly been through a lot and 
>handed it maturely compared to many.
>         As far as the street thug analogy, couldn't you say the same for 
> almost any sport?  These kids have talent.  they are pampered and cared 
> for until they are no longer making money and then thrown out with 
> yesterday's newspaper.  It's terrible what the illusion of fame is doing 
> to ruin so many lives today.  After they have reached their zenith, the 
> spot light moves on to someone else and the has been is left without a 
> clue of how to really live.
>Kathy
>
>
>
>
>
>
>>The thing is, is that there doesn't seem to be that many athletes these 
>>days with integrity. I don't know Bret's personal life other than he had 
>>trouble with the booze for a while but seems to have licked that, in the 
>>midst of his grief of the losss of his Dad he played the best game, and 
>>his wife battled(s) cancer and he was going to quit and be with her and 
>>she said no. He loves the game like a high schooler's first time on the 
>>field and  is very serious about it. I'm sure there are  other players 
>>out there that aren't in the lime light who seem to  be integretous, but 
>>many times we hear about those involved in shootings, dog fight deals, 
>>drugs, and just plain nonsense. Years ago there was a certain respect and 
>>integrity  in players, not so much now which is why he stands out more I 
>>think. And unfortunately even these days ya just don't know. My employee 
>>says "Most of the players in pro sports are just street thugs who 
>>if  they didn't happen to be good at a particular sport and playing pro 
>>ball, would probably be robbing the corner liquor store instead" There 
>>certainly are lots of shananagins. It would be interesting to see how 
>>many players from around the 60s invested their income into life after 
>>sports compared to these days.
>>
>>Brad
>>
>>
>>
>>At 11:08 AM 10/12/2007, you wrote:
>>>Brad,
>>>They used Brett as an illustration again today, referring to him as, 
>>>"iron Man," but I figured that passing it along would just be pushing 
>>>it.  GRIN!
>>>Kathy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>At 04:01 PM 10/11/2007, you wrote:
>>>>Kathy,
>>>>
>>>>I don't know, anyone with a name like Favre, who can toss out the ABC's 
>>>>and English language and then in turn get an entire hemisphere or 
>>>>better to pronounce his name Farve, could do most anything including 
>>>>make touchdowns count with God *grin*.
>>>>
>>>>Brad
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>At 08:40 AM 10/11/2007, you wrote:
>>>>>Okay, Guys, admittedly, I don't really have a good reason for passing 
>>>>>this devotional along, except that it talks about somebody that, you 
>>>>>know I like.    Brad, you especially will get a kick out of this, 
>>>>>since you mentioned these records in a recent posting.
>>>>>Blessings,
>>>>>Kathy
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Making Points With God
>>>>>by Jon Walker
>>>>>
>>>>>“For no one can ever be made right in God's sight by doing what his 
>>>>>law commands. For the more we know God's law, the clearer it becomes 
>>>>>that we aren't
>>>>>obeying it. But now God has shown us a different way of being right in 
>>>>>his sight—not by obeying the law but by the way promised in the Scriptures long
>>>>>ago.” (Romans 3:20-21 NLT)
>>>>>
>>>>>Brett Favre, the lion-hearted quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, 
>>>>>is one of my favorite players in the National Football League. He’s 
>>>>>courageous and
>>>>>tough-minded, showing a rare grace under pressure, yet his boyish 
>>>>>enthusiasm for the game is infectious as he celebrates each Packer success.
>>>>>
>>>>>A couple of Sundays ago (Sept. 30), Brett threw a pass that set a new 
>>>>>record: the most touchdown passes by an NFL quarterback ­ 421.
>>>>>
>>>>>Although the Pack was playing in Minnesota, the officials temporarily 
>>>>>stopped the game in order to honor Brett’s achievement. And Brett, in 
>>>>>his customary
>>>>>humility, later said he was more interested in a team win than an 
>>>>>individual record.
>>>>>
>>>>>In surprising contrast, the very next week (Oct. 8) Brett tied another 
>>>>>record: the most interceptions thrown by an NFL quarterback ­ 277. 
>>>>>This game also
>>>>>was stopped after this record was achieved, but only because the 
>>>>>interception ended the Packer’s last-second attempt to win the game.
>>>>>
>>>>>The most touchdown passes and the most interceptions! It reminds me 
>>>>>that there was a time when Babe Ruth, the baseball player who was one 
>>>>>of the greatest
>>>>>hitters in the game, owned two records simultaneously: the most home 
>>>>>runs hit in a career as well as the most strike-outs in a career.
>>>>>
>>>>>Here’s the thing: We tend to think of life as a balance sheet that 
>>>>>we’ll eventually present to God. As long as the number of our 
>>>>>touchdown passes exceed
>>>>>the number of our interceptions, then we’re cool with God, right? To 
>>>>>echo the Apostle Paul, God forbid this to be true!
>>>>>
>>>>>“For no one can ever be made right in God's sight by doing what his 
>>>>>law commands. For the more we know God's law, the clearer it becomes 
>>>>>that we aren't
>>>>>obeying it.” (Romans 3:20 NLT)
>>>>>
>>>>>In other words, we can never be made right by throwing touchdown 
>>>>>passes ­ because the more we learn about the Law, the more obvious it 
>>>>>is we can never throw
>>>>>enough touchdown passes to make things right with God.
>>>>>
>>>>>“But now God has shown us a different way of being right in his 
>>>>>sight—not by obeying the law but by the way promised in the Scriptures 
>>>>>long ago.” (Romans
>>>>>3:21 NLT)
>>>>>
>>>>>In his own geek-Greek way, Paul is saying we should forget the balance 
>>>>>sheet ­ ignore the scoreboard, give up on tracking good and bad 
>>>>>statistics. Listen,
>>>>>there is good news! There’s another way to get right in God’s sight, 
>>>>>and it has nothing to do with your own achievements. It’s based on a 
>>>>>promise made
>>>>>by God long ago ­ a promise is fulfilled through Jesus Christ.
>>>>>
>>>>>Can I get an amen?
>>>>>
>>>>>We are saved by grace and not through faith. It is a gift from God, 
>>>>>not by our own works, so that none of us can boast of the ability to 
>>>>>tip the balance
>>>>>sheet in our own favor. (Ephesians 2:8-9)
>>>>>
>>>>>No doubt you’ve heard this over and over again, including many times 
>>>>>in these devotionals. Yet many of us still live as if we get right in 
>>>>>God’s sight by
>>>>>what we do ­ by our works, our achievements, the records we set.
>>>>>
>>>>>We do this because it is, as Paul says, an offense to think of the 
>>>>>Gospel as so simple and, therefore, it becomes a stumbling block to 
>>>>>our pride. Getting
>>>>>right in God’s sight by what we do appeals to our human pride, or as 
>>>>>the poet-king James would say, it appeals to our “flesh.”
>>>>>
>>>>>It makes us feel good, as if we’re doing something to earn our way 
>>>>>into heaven. If we cling to the idea that we can, even in some small 
>>>>>way, contribute
>>>>>toward our salvation, then we also can cling to the idea that maybe 
>>>>>we’re not that bad ­ maybe we aren’t included in the “all” of “all 
>>>>>have sinned and
>>>>>fall short of God’s glory.”
>>>>>
>>>>>Put that behind you and get on with the truth: You, my friend, can 
>>>>>never be made right in God's sight by doing what is right ­ because 
>>>>>the closer you get
>>>>>to God, the more you’ll realize you’re not even close to getting it 
>>>>>right (see Isaiah 6 and Romans 3:20).
>>>>>
>>>>>The one thing you can do is to move in loving obedience to your 
>>>>>gracious heavenly Father, doing and saying whatever he tells you to do 
>>>>>and say; allowing
>>>>>your life to be energized by God’s Spirit within you.
>>>>>
>>>>>What now?
>>>>>
>>>>>· “Balance sheet” fear ­ Good news! You are free to follow the Father 
>>>>>instead of living in “balance sheet” fear. You can be who you were 
>>>>>meant to be and
>>>>>you can live how you were meant to live. You don’t have to be good 
>>>>>enough ­ you just have to trust in the redemptive power of Christ’s 
>>>>>resurrection from
>>>>>the dead. And you don’t have to fear if you hold both the record for 
>>>>>most touchdown passes and the record for most interceptions ­ love God 
>>>>>and live accordingly!
>>>>>
>>>>>· Record of faith ­ A record of your faith in Jesus is more important 
>>>>>than any record of your wrongs or resume of your achievements. If you 
>>>>>haven’t already
>>>>>done this, set a spiritual marker as a reminder that you have received 
>>>>>Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Write it down ­ or establish 
>>>>>some other kind
>>>>>of tangible memorial for this event ­ and every time the devil tells 
>>>>>you you’ll never be good enough for God, or that you’re so good you 
>>>>>can remain independent
>>>>>of God, take him to that marker and remind him that you are right in 
>>>>>God’s sight because of Jesus.
>>>>>
>>>>>· Big play ­ Next time you’re watching a sporting event and one of the 
>>>>>players makes the big play, turn to the person next to you and say, 
>>>>>“That was a great
>>>>>play, but it won’t make him right in God’s sight.”
>>>>>
>>>>>· Huge error ­ Likewise, next time you’re watching a sporting event 
>>>>>and one of the players makes a huge erro, turn to the person next to 
>>>>>you and say, “That
>>>>>was a huge error, but the good news is it won’t keep him from getting 
>>>>>right in God’s sight.”
>>>>>
>>>>>· Pray for others ­ Ask God to show you who to pray for, related to 
>>>>>getting right in God’s sight. It may be a non-believer or someone who 
>>>>>believes but struggles
>>>>>in this area. Pray that this person will know God’s “different way of 
>>>>>being right in his sight—not by obeying the law but by the way 
>>>>>promised in the Scriptures
>>>>>long ago (Romans 3:21 NLT) And pray that Brett Favre and his family 
>>>>>will come to know this truth, so that when he retires from football he 
>>>>>can spend the
>>>>>rest of his life preaching how to be right in God’s sight.
>>>>>
>>>>>© 2007 Jon Walker. All rights reserved.
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>>Brad Dunse
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