Even if you’re not a sport fan of any type the incident is crystal clear.
American Football player in the open fumbles the pass that would have won the game.
Spectacularly.
In front of millions.
You have to go to the NFL to see a grainy version of the footage.
The NFL have had all the YouTube posts pulled.
Anyway, what make this dropped pass a bit more interesting is the Twitter post that the player in question, Stevie Johnson made about the incident:
# I PRAISE YOU 24/7!!!!!! AND THIS HOW YOU DO ME!!!!! YOU EXPECT ME TO LEARN FROM THIS??? HOW???!!! ILL NEVER FORGET THIS!! EVER!!! THX THO…
2:12 PM Nov 28th via Twitter for iPad
Given that sporting identities (singers, actors and others) have been known to credit their success to God, it’s actually refreshing to read that someone believes that God had a hand in the opposition winning a game or two.
If you’ve ever had a ‘I don’t deserve this’ moment you know exactly where Johnson is coming from, although not everyone wants to preserve their exasperation for public posterity.
We believe salvation and God’s blessings are not performance related, but when things go wrong we find ourselves weighing up our good deeds and bad deeds in order to know if we ‘deserve’ our current situation.
To Johnson’s credit the Tweet is still there.
A day later he posted:
# I learned A lot Within 24hrs. Saw Both Sides.(Ups&Dwns) I AM HAPPY & THANKFUL 4 YESTERDAY! w/out Sunday iWldnt have grew closer w/The Lord!!
2:11 PM Nov 29th via twidroid
Quickly followed by:
# And No I Did Not Blame God People! Seriously??!? CMon! I Simply Cried Out And Asked Why? Jus Like yal did wen sumthin went wrong n ur life!
2:14 PM Nov 29th via twidroid
There is nothing wrong with asking God why, but it should always be the plea of inquiry, not the accusation of malice.
And maybe it’d be a good idea to plea to God with Caps Lock off.
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