I read something interesting on another pastor's blog this morning. As you know, Notre Dame has a long tradition of winning football. A tradition that has sometimes suffered recently. Look at what the coach Charlie Weis has to say in an article on ESPN.com.
"If you sit there and try to be a vengeful person and be worried about every negative thing that people said, that really doesn't get you anywhere. You don't do something about it by going to a public forum and going tit for tat with somebody. What you have to do is go win more football games. Really, it's the only way of answering it."
The amazing thing is that in football or in church or in life you will always face negative talk. (Wow! what a surprize!!!) Tony Morgan says in his blog, "In fact, I'd go so far as to say the bigger, better or more successful the organization, the more people will criticize it (think Microsoft, Wal-Mart, New York Yankees, Willow Creek, etc.)."
Most importantly, I think when the negative talk stops that you should be worried. At that point, you're probably not doing anything worthy of a critic's time and attention. You've probably entered into mediocrity. Thanks Coach Weis! You gave us a good reminder that it's better to focus on the next victory than the negative people in our lives.
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