FAITH, FAMILY, AND FOOTBALL

I WAS TREMENDOUSLY ENCOURAGE BY THE HEAD-COACH OF THE COLTS, TONY DUNGY. GOD HAS USED THIS BROTHER AS A WITNESS OF WHAT HE CAN DO IN TO AND THROUGH OUR LIVESAND THE IMPORTANCE OF PRIORITIES. LET ME BE CLEAR, I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT DUNGY'S DOCTRINAL CONVICTIONS. HOWEVER, IT WAS REFRESHING TO HEAR HIM SHARE THAT GOD (JESUS CHRIST HE OPENLY SAID) COMES FIRST IN HIS LIFE, THEN HIS FAMILY THEN FOOTBALL. IT IS REFRESHING TO HEAR EVERYONE SAY THE SAME THINGS ABOUT HIM. THIS SAYS MUCH ABOUT WHO HE IS. MANY REJOICE THAT HE IS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN COACH TO BE IN AND WIN A SUPERBOWL. THEY TALK ABOUT HOW ENCOURAGING THIS IS TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN, AND IT SHOULD BE. HOWEVER, NOT JUST TO AFRICAN-AMERICANS, BUT HIS WITNESS TRANSCENDS ETHNICITY. HIS FAITH WAS STRONGLY DEMONSTRATED WHEN HE LOST HIS SIXTEEN YEAR OLD SON AND DID NOT CRUMBLE, GOD HELD HIM TOGETHER. GOD SHELTERED HIS FAMILY FROM THE SCRUTINY AND INTERROGATION OF THE MEDIA. I WAS ENCOURAGED TO KNOW AND SEE PSALMS 46 MANIFESTED IN HIS LIFE. WE MUST LEARN IN LIFE THAT OUR ZONES MUST BE IN ORDER. GOD FIRST, FAMILY SECOND AND OUR PROFESSIONS THIRD. I AM NOW CHALLENGED BY MR. DUNGY TO EXAMINE MY OWN LIFE BEFORE GOD, TO SEE IF MY PRIORITIES ARE IN LINE. WHAT ABOUT YOU?