Friday, April 27, 2001
Friday, April 27, 2001
So with yourselves; since you are eager for spiritual gifts, strive to excel in them for
building up the church.
"I can't take much credit for what I did running with a football, because I don't know what I did.
Nobody ever taught me and I can't teach anyone. You can teach a man how to block or tackle or
kick or pass. The ability to run with a ball is something you have or you haven't. If you can't
explain it, how can you take any credit for it?"
Grange had a good handle on what things to be proud of and what things to simply take in stride.
He was pleased with his hard work and accomplishments in the insurance business. He was
pleased with his character and integrity. He recognized, however, that such things as good looks
and natural talents are gifts from birth, and only a fool pats himself on the back for receiving a
gift. Gifts are something you thank the Giver for but not something about which you can boast.
(1 Corinthians 14:12
NRSV)
Red Grange was one of the greatest football players of his era and maybe one of the great backs
of all time. But Grange was rather humble about his accomplishments. He always thought that all
that fame was a little silly and that his success in football really was not something on which he
should base his life. Grange commented years after he played, "I could carry a football well, but
I've met hundreds of people who could do their thing better than I. I mean engineers, and writers,
scientists, doctors--whatever.
Lord Jesus, weather my gifts are great or small they are a blessing from our Father in heaven.
Amen.
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