Understanding It All

May  2022

   The ability to make intelligent and correct decisions is one of the great secrets of successful Christian living.

   The humorous story is told about a college football team whose starting quarterback had just been injured. Their #2 quarterback was sick and hadn’t even suited up for the game. All the coach had left was a 3rd-string freshman who had been a quarterback in high school, but who was just being used on the college team as a punter.

   To make matters worse, they were backed up on their own 3-yard line. It was a desperate situation, and the coach’s only thought was somehow to get a little farther from their goal line to give them room to punt out of danger.

   Sending in the 3rd-string quarterback, the coach said, “Son, I want you to hand off to the big fullback Kowaski for the next two plays, let him run right into the middle of the line and get us a few yards of breathing room. Then I want you to punt.”

   The young quarterback did as he was instructed. On the first play he handed off to Kowaski, but almost miraculously Kowaski found a hole off tackle and ran for 50 yards. The young quarterback called the same play again, and once more, miracle of miracles, the hole opened again and Kowaski gained another 45 yards. The fans went crazy. In two plays they had gone 95 yards, and the bal ...

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