A Monday Master’s Moment XXXXVIII: McNair aftermath
Posted on July 13, 2009
I got an email from a friend last week, surprised I didn’t write about Steve McNair. OK, I give. Got a call from my Dad (who lives in Nashville) last Saturday as we drove to Spaghetti Warehouse. I was stunned at his untimely death at 36. I like the Alcorn State alum and Titans a lot (why are they in same division with Colts?), and my son, Jaden, has an old McNair jersey. What happened? Hearing he was killed with another woman, not his wife, got me thinking. Hopefully I’m wrong, I thought. As the story has unfolded it only gets worse — seemingly. Great player on the field, a warrior. His real battles off the field, took his life. We never expect our consequences to be as great as they are. They are most always beyond what we think or hope. A line I’ve kept in my mental vault over the years, goes …
- Sin takes us places we don’t want to go.
- Sin keeps us longer than we want to stay.
- Sin costs us more than we’re willing to pay.
It’s very sad to many that McNair’s 4 sons will live life without their father. Not how life was intended. I have heard the greatest question we can ask ourselves is “What is the wise thing to do?” We often make decisions that lead to our demise, instead. Number 9 had no foresight to see his pending death, but when lines are crossed, we never know how far-reaching the results can be, especially negative ones. McNair lived many great stories on the turf in college and the pros, unfortunately it ends like a sad and disturbing Lifetime movie. The Titans lost a franchise face in the former signal caller. McNair’s boys lost its only quarterback.
Jeff Pinkleton
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