Dirk Hayhurst is a professional baseball player and a writer with a depth and maturity of insight that I admire. His comments here on the “Tim Tebow Affair” (Tim Tebow: Are His Celebrity and Football Success False Idols?) are full of insight. Speaking neither for nor against Tebow, he rather challenges our temptation to wrap truth in the success of others. Odd it is that we who follow a savior who died in obscurity can be so caught up in celebrity.
The piece is so full of quotable wisdom that I simply must plop the final couple sentences here and encourage you to read the whole.
“…let us not continue some temporal media spectacle focused on production and sports celebrity. These things can evaporate like dew on morning grass.
“Instead, let’s focus on the same boring, consistent, and yet oh-so-exciting promises that have always been in front of us—that God sent his only Son into this world to die for our sins so that through his death we might have peace with God and new life. If that doesn’t get you pumped up, nothing any sports star can do will.”
I’m rooting for Tebow. I’m impressed by Tebow. But I’m once again reminded of how easily we create and then unwisely rest in idols.
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By the way, Hayhurst is, uh, a character. His alter-ego is a ‘garfoose‘ – a half giraffe and half moose creation which I find wonderfully appealing. Nothing at all somber and dull about this guy. That’s why I like him.
Both his books are on my Amazon wish list. *wink, wink*
Sean Breslin
I think it’s a nice story, and he handled the sudden success well. But I think we all saw yesterday’s loss coming, and if he has an NFL career that finishes with a winning record, we’ll all be surprised again.
Curt Moore
Thanks for your great insight and consistently well thought out Biblical worldview.
Randy Greenwald
Why thank you. But this one is simply a nod to another!