The Coach of the Detroit Lions had put together the perfect football =
team. But then his quarterback got blindsided and was out for the season =
with a knee injury. Then his backup went down with a concussion. He =
tried the trading route, free agents, but nobody any good was =
available.
One evening while watching the news from Iraq, he saw a young Iraqi =
soldier with an amazing arm. The soldier threw a grenade on a perfect =
arc into a 4th story window from 100 yards, bam! He tossed another =
directly into a tight group of 12 enemy fighters 80 yards away, ka-bam! =
Then a Humvee passed, going 60 kph, boom! Another perfect =
shot!
Coach said to himself, "I got to have this guy. He’s got the best =
arm I’ve ever seen!"
He tracks him down and convinces him to come to Detroit. The kid takes =
coaching perfectly, makes all the plays, and long story short, the Lions =
win the Super Bowl.
The Iraqi is now the Conquering Hero in pro football, and a huge story. =
But when the broadcast team tries to interview him, all he wants is to =
phone his mom.
"Mother," he yells over the phone, "We just won the =
Super Bowl!"
"Don’t talk to me," the woman says. "You abandoned us. =
You can’t be my son."
The young Iraqi begs, "Mom, you don’t understand! Our team won the =
biggest game here in the U.S. Thousands of fans are screaming for me. =
The U.S. President is going to call =
me!"
"I don’t care," his mother snaps. "Right now I can hear =
gunshots everywhere. Our block is like a ruin. Your brothers were beaten =
half to death last night, and your sister was nearly =
raped."
Then she adds, "I can never forgive you for making us move to =
Detroit."
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Dr Bob Griffin =
[email protected] www.grif.net =
"Jesus Knows Me, This I =
Love!"