Was the Saints’ win God’s plan?
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Well, that was quite a game.
You have to feel good for the city of New Orleans, no matter which team you root for.
Coming five years after Katrina, the Saints’ big win seems perfectly scripted.
By whom?
A bunch of Saints players are saying that it was “God’s plan” that they beat the Colts.
I saw an interview with QB Drew Brees last night on ESPN, maybe an hour after the game. He was calm and collected, like he just came home from the beach with his kids.
Brees is well known to be a devout Christian. He said that it was God’s plan that he came to New Orleans as a free agent a few years back and that it was God’s plan that the Saints won the title.
I’ve been looking for some video on the Web, but can’t find any so far.
Saints running Back Reggie Bush also made God his MVP: “God had a bigger plan than all of us, a plan that we couldn’t see three or four years ago.”
Bush also credits God for bringing tight end Jeremy Shockey to the Saints: “I told him, ‘God had a different plan for you.’ He’s got to appreciate it. I know he does. Shockey’s brought so much to this team, an attitude that we definitely needed. … We needed a guy like Shockey to bring that aggressiveness to our offense, and he’s been nothing but special from Day 1.”
And New Orleans’ defensive tackle Anthony Hargrove, who was in an alcohol treatment center before this season began, credited God with his dramatic turn-around: “It’s just totally divine, this is God’s plan.”
I don’t mean to be flip, but I’m waiting for one of the Colts to say that they lost because it was God’s plan—or at least to say that it was God’s plan for the Saints to win, and the Colts happened to be the opponent.
Haven’t heard anything to that effect so far.
But, I did see the Colts’ kicker, old-timer Matt Stover, point to the heavens after he MISSED a kick. I remember thinking “Huh?”
One of the announcers actually noted Stover’s “spirituality” and that the kicker points skyward whether he hits or misses.
I think that makes Stover somewhat unique in the world of sports, where athletes generally acknowledge God only after they score or win.
Finally, there was Tim Tebow’s commercial (really his mom’s commercial), which came early, went by fast and only acknowledged the abortion issue with the broadest of strokes.
I can’t imagine there will be much fuss about it today.
The Focus on the Family website has a longer and much more expansive interview with Tebow’s parents.
Well, you know they’ll be celebrating the Saints’ win—the SAINTS won the Super Bowl!—in the churches of New Orleans and at Mardi Gras in a few weeks.
(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Category: Drew Brees, Focus on the Family, God's plan, Matt Stover, Reggie Bush, Saints, Super Bowl, Tim Tebow
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The world of religion, we don't have to tell you, is vast. The purpose of this blog is for Stern to note, flag and comment on some of the more interesting religious developments on the scene – weighty and quirky, somber and laughable, far away and just down the road. He won't interpret Scripture, take sides in conflicts or judge anyone. But he will take advantage of the journalist's license to observe.
I find it hard to believe that people actually mean the words that come out of their mouths.
Listen, we were created dropped in a garden(if you so believe) screwed up our one chance and now have free will and direction.
God did his part, now we are on our own. If anything God is a Mets fan but he still leaves the team to play the game without his help or hindrance. ;-)
Let’s start putting the blame and accolades on the true culprits. man.
I believe in God but he did make the Saints win. Seriously. The Colts probably thought the same thing, the Saints won off talent not him. If that was the case they why arent the Cleveland Browns there? They believed in him.
I meant didn’t make the Saints win. Also, what about the other football player with different religions? What do they think about sayin it was God’s plan to win?