A "SUPER" SUPER BOWL!

Holmes makes the game winning catch to beat the Cardinals.

Well, the Cardinals couldn't quite pull it off yesterday losing to the Steelers in the last minute. But, wow, what a game, going down to the wire. That's what the Super Bowl is supposed to be - "Super".

I've always been a Warner fan and was hoping he would win it all and then call it a career. What a story that would have been - winning 2 Super Bowls separated by 9 years. But it was not meant to be. As they say (whoever "they" are), it is what it is. Thankfully, Warner understands that.

Because Warner is a Christian and is not afraid to live out his faith, the Christian community jumped on the bandwagon to support him, as if it was ordained by God for the Cardinals to win. After all, wouldn't that just show everyone that God rewards the faithful? But the Cardinals lost, Warner lost, and the probability of him returing to the Super Bowl is minimal. Hmmmmmmm.

The point of all this "pontificating" is that Warner would have loved to win the game but didn't. Is his life over? Was the season a failure? Was he a failure? Should he crawl into a hole? NO! Warner knows there is much more to life than winning football games. And he knows that his character, his demeanor, his integrity, and his faith will be observed in the way he responds to this most recent loss. And if you watched his post-game interview, he was most gracious for the privilege of being able to play with his teammates in one of the better games ever played in a Super Bowl.

Win or lose, Warner understands the bigger picture. He gives glory and honor to the Lord who has given him the opportunity to play a game that most people only dream about. He has carried himself well and if we are paying attention we will realize that he may have lost a football game, but he won in the game of life - real life.