ROLE MODELS

In the news this weekend, some high profile athletes have been a big disappointment. I don’t follow sports too closely, but when internationally known athletes throw fits and belittle former teammates on national television, I feel compelled to comment.

Michael Jordan, while being inducted into the Hall of Fame, used the occasion to settle scores from 10-15 years ago. See http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/2009/9/12/michael_jordan_offers_scalding_hall_of.htm

And then there was Serena William’s outburst at the U.S. Open http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZcDn8JWCLo

Don’t these high profile individuals and others like them have an obligation to be an example? I fear the message impressionable children receive is ‘If I’m big enough, smart enough, or successful enough I can treat others how I please.’

How sad for Michael Jordan and Serena Williams to have the riches of fame, but be poor in human kindness.

How sad for the children of the world to see Michael Jordan and Serena Williams disrespect so many.

May God raise up holy and righteous athletes and national leaders to example common decency. To show the world how to play fair and be a team and prefer others more than yourself. The Holy Bible puts it this way: M

Phil 2:3-4
“Don’t be selfish; don’t live to make a good impression on others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourself. Don’t think only about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and what they are doing…”
(Philippians 2:3-4 New Living Translation)

Does anyone know any righteous role models? I’d like to hear about it and share it with everyone I know. My goal is to undergird in prayer those who are exampling Christ.

Until next time…