Tebo Mania

Why is it that so many have been critical of the way Tim Tebo plays football? Why is there is there so much discussion on Sports radio talk shows about his inabilities to perform at a level consistent with "True NFL quarterbacks"?

I can only relate as an onlooker that, no, he isn't a prolific passer and he doesn't have the greatest arm. He doesn't seem to see the field, at this point of his career, as well as some of the other quarterbacks in the league. He has been called a "Rookie" quarterback, even though he is in his second season.

On and on we could go discussing Tim's inabilities. They are many on the field and in his life he is just a man.

I was watching a program that was made that showed him all the way from his senior year in High School to the present. Somewhere in that time period he became cognizant of having a relationship with God through Jesus Christ our Lord. I noticed how much he enjoyed praying and praising God while he played. He is not the greatest singer in the world, but he sings and uses his spiritual emotion out in the open no matter the situation. I appreciate the way he takes time, because of his position in life, to spend money and time offering himself as an encouragement to seriously ill children. I love Tim Tebo and his openly showing his apparent love for Jesus Christ our Lord.

But that isn't what I am most curious about. The thing I am most curious about is why is it that so many misunderstand the place God has in this situation.

God doesn't care who wins an NFL football game. The blessings of ability that Tim Tebo has is no more or less important than anyone else in our world. I am just as impressed when someone goes out and strives to honor God when they share with someone less fortunate.

No matter where we are in life, we, as God's children, need to be just as open with our relationship with God and his Son. We need to use the opportunity we find ourselves in to honor and praise our God. There are Christians in the NFL. More of us are not in the NFL or in the limelight that brings us into the public spotlight like Tim Tebo, but are you any less blessed to perform in your life with the talents you have been given, and have we sometimes forgotten to honor God during those times.

May God bless us as we are all blessed to use our abilities to honor him and not as an opportunity to accept the accolades that come with the limelight. Honoring God is not a fad, it is a lifestyle and many times it is misused. Some misuse it by making it a show and others misuse it by not showing it at all.

Where are you in your openness to honor God?

I'll see you later.

I Am Somebody!

Sunday I preached a lesson on the topic of "I am Somebody" taken from an idea from a powem written by William H. Borders. The following is the poem and I hope you enjoy it.

I am Somebody!
I am Somebody!
I may be poor,
But I am Somebody.
I may be young,
But I am Somebody.
I may be on welfare,
But I am Somebody.
I may be small,
But I am Somebody.
I may have made mistakes,
But I am Somebody.
My clothes are different,
My face is different,
My hair is different,
But I am Somebody.
I am black,
Brown, or white.
I speak a different language
But I must be respected,
Protected,
Never rejected.
I am God’s child!

God bless you all. I'll see you later.

New Beginnings! I am so thankful to be able to begin preaching again after a short 18 month Sabatical. God has so richly blessed me. Thankful is not an applicable word for the way that I feel toward our Father. I am so deeply endebted to Him.

"Where do we go from here? Which is the way that's clear?" Those words are to a song that has been running through my mind over the last few days. I know that the song is talking about a girl, but it really speaks to me when I stop and think about my life right now. The future is so bright that even shades for my eyes can't dim the brightness of God working in what I am doing here.

Where do we go from here? To the future. Toward heaven.

Which is the way that's clear? God's way. The only way!

Where are we headed? Home!

God bless us all.

I'll see you later.

Britt