snapping wet footballs
In “The Good and Beautiful God: Falling in Love with the God Jesus Knows“ author James Bryan Smith shares this incredible story about Peyton Manning.
Peyton Manning practiced indirection. He was the winning quarterback of Super Bowl XLI. It was a rainy night, and the ball was slippery. Rex Grossman, the quarterback for the losing team, fumbled several times. But Peyton Manning never fumbled. A few weeks after the Super Bowl a reporter discovered that every few weeks during the year Manning has his center (the one who snaps him the ball), Jeff Saturday, snap him water-soaked footballs. He practices handling wet footballs so he will be ready in case it rains—even though his team plays half of their games in a dome. Manning did what he could do (practice handling wet footballs over and over) to enable him to do what he could not without this preparation (play great in the rain)
An area where many of us could do better is spiritual training. Many try to do better, and rarely succeed. Rather we must train and be guided by the Holy Spirit.
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