Coming Off the Bench--Going Into History!
Yesterday's post was the story of Trent Steelman, West Point QB who came up one fumble shy of the win he dreamed of at the Academy. The history books will remember it as the game in which the streak continued to 11 consecutive wins by Navy over Army. Today I saw almost the reverse. With RGIII (Redskins QB) injured in the waning moments of a must-win game, rookie Kurt Cousins came off the bench and reached back and led the team to an over-time win against Baltimore.
Get the picture. Here's Cousins the no-name rookie behind instant super-star Griffin--before the guy even made his pro-debut--and look how the unsung, unknown kid comes off the bench to lead the team. It's called "stepping up." You see the moment, you seize your time, and you make it happen regardless of the situation.
What about us? We do not live our lives in front of 50,000+ raging fans that make you a hero one moment, the goat in the next. But there are so many situations in life that we do not rehearse for--in which we are all rookies--and have to come off the bench and step one.
+The surgeon who drinks the cup of coffee one minute, and saves a life the next from a car wreck.
+The parent goes about an easy day, and rushes to the ER the next after a kid is an accident and must hold the family together.
+The commuter driving to work who stops for an accident and saves a life with CPR,
+The supervisor who must find exactly the correct words to lay a worker off---and the worker who must step up and out and turn it around with a new job.
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