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Sunday sermon: Waiting for a sign
Oct 24, 2010, 9:45 AM
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There's something kind of sad in folks who, so consumed by their dread of tomorrow, cannot enjoy the blessings of today.
Long ago, I decided that it's not my place to try to convince them of that destructive, self-consuming trait. But it's still sad to see.
In back-to-back weeks, the sons of Clemson have toppled two of the biggest stones our school has stumbled over for the past decade. And we didn't tiptoe around them, either. We planted dynamite and absolutely blasted them out of our path. And I do not expect to stumble over either of them again.
Yet instead of joining the celebration in absolutely squashing the Yellow Jackets, in reveling in the manhandling of a tormenting Terp team, some folks steadfastly refuse to be happy: for this team, for its followers, for their own brief, fleeting lives.
After the UNC loss, one of the pseudo-Cassandras posted something to the extent of "What will you sunshine pumpers do when we're 2-5 with losses to Maryland and Ga. Tech at home? It that what it's going to take to open your eyes?"
I'd like to return to the question: what will YOU do? What will you do in the refreshing breeze of these two wins, against coaches who "had our number." What will you do in the face of a defense that has put together two solid games? Or an offense that seems to have found its footing? Or a team that not only won but never let the other guys into the game?
What will you do? Continue to harp that the opponents were mediocre? Continue to try to drain every last bit of bile from past losses?
Will you continue to say, "I'm not sold yet," just so you can pridefully wrap yourself in Jeremiah's sackcloth should the team falter?
It's like you're sitting in the boat on the Sea of Galilee after seeing the loaves and fishes feed the multitude. Instead of marveling at what has been done, you'd rather grouse that the bread was unleavened, not pumpernickle, and the fish were a little salty.
Besides, you say, it doesn't prove anything. Those people were hungry and would have eaten anything.
You wait for a sign and ignore the blinking billboard in front of you. I don't know why, and I don't pretend I'm going to change your mind.
But I see, and I believe. I love this team and the guys who put themselves out there for Clemson. I will walk through fire for them, and if we lose, then we burn together.
Is that sunshine pumping? Perhaps, if you're so accustomed to looking for darkness that any shaft of sunlight offends your eyes. Continue, then to look for the comfort and safety of the shadows.
We are going to win in Boston this weekend. We are going to beat NC State. When we go to Tally, it may or may not be for a shot at the ACC title. We can't change that. All we can do is what will be done.
I stand with my Tigers. Lord help me, I cannot do otherwise. It's painful at times, I have doubts at times, but I stand firmly in the knowledge that I will never have to question my heart.
It's time to search your heart and ask yourself: Where do I stand?
You have a choice, and like all crucial choices, no one can make it but yourself. Embrace this team, these men and their path, or turn away.
Either way, be man enough to live with your decision.
This team deserves no less.
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