Touch Football Ruined My NFL Career

When I was a kid my parents always told me that I couldn’t play tackle football without pads. We always had to play two-hand touch.

I think it ruined my potential NFL career.

Not because I wasn’t used to getting hit. My older brother helped me with that.

I just couldn’t run fast.

Reason: Touch Football.

I know this may sound odd, but when you play touch football, you aren’t scared of getting creamed. If you are slow, there is no oversized 8th grader breathing down your neck to prove he can flatten a 6 year old.

Change that to tackle football and the 6 year old suddenly is running for his life.

Thus touch football ruined my NFL career.

On a similar note, I remember the days prior to having a wife and family. Life seemed to be hard, but little did I know the challenges that God would have for me.

Its not easy getting out of bed at 2 a.m. to clean-up a sick child who vomited in bed.

Its even harder to get back up at 3 a.m. when it happens again.

And even worse when you went to bed at 12 a.m. after finally getting everything done.

The great thing is that it is only for a season and more importantly, He thinks you can handle it. He wouldn’t give you any more than what you can handle.

He has confidence in you.

He is stretching us all as fathers to grow into a small reflection of who He is.

That’s why we have to run like the 6 year old getting chased by the 8th grader.

He is getting you ready for even greater things.

By the way, I’ve dedicated this one to Jason Whitten. See the video below for details:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBmfQvs3LO4