There might be something to learn for all of us in this story.
You might not be a sports fanatic like I am (but let’s not forget: Jesus above all things including football), but you may have heard the story of an incredible college football player from Notre Dame named Manti Te’o. If you follow sports and especially college football, you know that name. He was one of the final three Heisman Trophy finalists and won eight postseason awards this year becoming “the most decorated collegiate football player of all time.” In short, a football stud.
But over the past year, he gained even more attention for two particular personal tragedies that took place in his life – both within the same week time frame. First, his grandmother passed away and then, his girlfriend passed away just hours after he learned that his grandmother passed away:
Te’o had talked openly during the season about his supposed relationship with a former Stanford student named Lennay Kekua, whom he claimed in a South Bend Tribune article to have met in 2009 after a football game. Kekua was said to have lost her battle with leukemia on Sept. 12, just hours after Te’o learned that his 72-year old grandmother had passed away. The story of how Te’o dealt with massive personal tragedy became front and center in his rise to national consciousness… [USA Today]
Like others, I was gripped and compelled by his story. I may or may not have shed a tear after one of his interviews. Read the rest of this entry »
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