Shared on IG by drjoshredd—
“I travel with the BYU football team. Right before we ran onto the field last night at the Colorado State game, Coach Kalani Sitake told the team: “Play hard. Play violent. But be kind. Be Christlike.”
Seconds later, the opposing student section began chanting “F you, Mormons.”
I stood on the sideline with coaches and players from many different faiths. Men who have become like family and whom I have grown to love. The chant continued throughout the entire first half.
How did these young men respond?
They stayed focused.
They stayed disciplined.
They stayed kind.
They stayed Christlike.
Tre Alexander III and several other players went a step further. Somehow, they turned the same students who had been chanting behind them into students who were laughing and joking with them.
At halftime, we were up 31 to 7. Most of the student section went home, and the chanting finally stopped.
But the scoreboard was not the most important victory that night.
7 hours earlier in the day, we had studied John 6 as a team. Christ fed the multitude with loaves and fishes, and then declared: ‘I am the bread of life.’
When following Him became difficult, many walked away. But His true disciples stayed.
That night, these young men were given a choice: React like the world or respond like disciples of Jesus Christ.
They chose Christ.”
THIS IS THE WAY!! We can react like the world or we can respond like disciples of Jesus Christ.Every single day, all throughout the day, we get to make that choice.
Representing Jesus Christ will win EVERY time!