What sh*tty people!
From an E-Mail:
> I had the opportunity to hear Colt McCoy's Dad speak this Tuesday
morning to the Dallas Christian Leadership Prayer Breakfast. The
breakfast is an annual breakfast that was started by Tom Landry and
other Dallas leaders over 40 years ago and the speakers are usually
amazing. Colt McCoy and his Dad, Brad, were supposed to deliver a
combined message; however, Colt became sick on Monday and could not join
his Dad on Tuesday morning. In the end, it was a blessing because Brad
McCoy delivered a message on raising Colt and his two other boys that
was truly amazing! The cliff notes are below. I took copious notes
because he prefaced his speech by stating, "I am going to talk about
the four principles with which we raised our three boys." They are
incredibly applicable to us as parents (regardless of the sex of our
children) and they made a significant mark on my heart.
>
> Brad McCoy said that he and his wife raised their children
according to the following four principles:
> "Prepare your child for the path, not the path for your
child." Brad said this is not just for our kids - it is for us
as parents. The road is rough, narrow and hard to find. We have a book
(the Bible), a map vis-a-vis the Bible and God to help us. We must
prepare ourselves and our kids for moments in life when doors open and
close. He cited Proverbs 22:6: "Train a child in the way he should
go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." He also cited,
almost in jest but also in reality, Proverbs 23:13, "Do not withhold
discipline from a child; if you punish him with the rod, he will not
die." It was a funny contrast, but a real contrast. He then said,
"Dads, fight for your kids, prepare them!"
> 2. "Prepare to be our best." This was one of the four
McCoy family mottos. He cited 1 Corinthians 9:24, "Do you not know
that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in
such a way as to get the prize." He stated that every day he would
take his kids to school and upon them exited the car, he would say to
them, "Do your best and be a leader!" He said that they listened
every time and even as they got older (4th, 5th and 6th grades) he would
repeat these words even if they said, " Yeah, Yeah, Dad, I know, do
your best and be a leader!" He said that as a coach for 27 years,
he would always lead his team onto the field and leave his team at every
practice with the chant, "Expect to Win, Play to Win." And he
implored us as parents to instill the same attitude in our homes and in
our children. He cited Jim Collins book, Good to Great, stating that
good is the enemy of Great! We don't aim high and miss - as we
would like to believe. In fact, most times, we aim low and hit the
mark! As parents, he implored us not to aim low! Aim high!!!
> 3. "Be a Leader" He stated that we are surrounded by such
a great cloud of witnesses - great leaders that we can draw from and
that our kids can draw from. He said we are all at the mercy of time
and money and asked a rhetorical question: How do you spend your time
and money. He then said that how we spend our time and money is a
direct reflection on where our true priorities lie. Convicting! He
then said as a leader that he has always loved the quote by Ghandi (even
though he didn't ascribe to all of Ghandi's beliefs): "I will not
let anyone walk through my mind with dirty feet." He said that as he
taught this principle to his three boys that Colt McCoy turned this
phrase into his own words: "Thoughts become things." Colt would
tell his younger brothers as he mentored them, " You can't talk like
that or think like that, because thoughts become things that play
themselves out in your life."
> 4. "Prepare for Open and Closed Doors." As a Dad, he said
it was painful beyond all of his years on this earth to watch his son
get hurt in the first series of play in the National Championship at the
Rose Bowl. A perfect setting. A setting his son had dreamed of ever
since he threw the football with his Dad in the front yard as a kid. As
a Dad, he went over to his son's hotel room after the Championship
loss and the demoralizing fate for such a NCAA football star. He went
to his son's room to cheer his son up and was praying to God for the
right words. He entered his son's hotel room to find his son
finishing a devotional. A devotional that read as follows: "My
positive energy must be better than my negative energy. My certainty
must be me stronger than my doubt. The battle is won before I ever
start the fight. I choose faith over fear. Leave a legacy of
excellence, love, dedication and service. Jeremiah stated, 'Blessed
is the man who's trust is in the Lord.'" He said as a Dad, he had
to find a corner of Colt's hotel room to sit down and cry over the
maturity of his son. His son was prepared for open and closed doors!
Wow.
>
> He then finished his speech by stating that as he consoled his son
under the Rose Bowl stadium, after it was readily apparent that Colt
would not be able to go back onto the field and play for the Longhorns.
And as he was trying to motivate his son, his son motivated the team and
his Dad. His son stepped into a new mantle of leadership. Rather than
return to the field in pedestrian clothes, Colt insisted on returning to
the field to help his team win. He walked back onto the field in his
uniform and helped the second string quarterback read the defense and
mentored the second string quarterback over the course of the 3rd and
4th quarters. He said that his son had been studying "trust" in a
Bible Study all year long leading up to the National Championship game.
He said his son had told his mom and dad that he didn't know why he
had been studying that "trust" concept all year, but he fully knew
why in the moments leading up to the National Championship loss. He
told his parents that he came to the conclusion that God had "prepared
me for years leading up to that game, because He wanted me to
"trust" Him!" As his son, Colt, was approached by news
reporters after the Longhorns had lost the National Championship, the
reporters asked Colt how he was feeling and Colt replied: "I always
give God the glory. I never question what God does. God is in control
of my life and if nothing else, I am standing on the Rock!"
>
> Brad McCoy said that his cell phone began lighting up with texts
after the game with friends, ministers and family members wildly
acclaiming the statement that Colt had made to the reporters. He said
that he received letters from non-believers, Jewish ministers, Muslim
ministers and atheists in the days following the game - all pointing
to the AMAZING statement that Colt had made after the game. He said
that as he entered Colt's hotel room that night, he asked his son,
"What did you say after game?" [He had not been able to hear it
in the mayhem of the stadium.] Brad McCoy, Colt's Dad, asked two to
three times, "Son, what did you say after the game?" Colt said,
"Dad, I don't know. I really don't remember what I said. All
I remember is that the reporter asked me a question and I prayed that
God would supply me with the right answer." Wow.
>
> Brad McCoy then ended his speech by telling a story about a young
football player that he was coaching back in his hometown. He said the
young football player approached Brad McCoy after he returned from
Pasadena and said, "Coach, I heard what your son said after the game,
but I have one question: What is the rock?" He said it's funny
son. We sing about it in church. He then began singing accapella:
"My hope is built on nothing less, Than Jesus' blood and
righteousness. I dare not trust the sweetest frame, But wholly trust in
Jesus' Name. On Christ the solid Rock I stand, All other ground is
sinking sand; All other ground is sinking sand. When darkness seems to
hide His face, I rest on His unchanging grace. In every high and stormy
gale, My anchor holds within the veil. On Christ the solid Rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand; All other ground is sinking sand. His
oath, His covenant, His blood, Support me in the whelming flood. When
all around my soul gives way, He then is all my Hope and Stay. On
Christ the solid Rock I stand, All other ground is sinking sand; All
other ground is sinking sand. When He shall come with trumpet sound, Oh
may I then in Him be found. Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne. On Christ the solid Rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand; All other ground is sinking sand."
By the end of his singing, the entire room of men and women were singing
in unison with Brad McCoy. It was truly an amazing morning for the Lord
and a truly amazing speech for us to learn from as parents.
From an E-Mail:
> I had the opportunity to hear Colt McCoy's Dad speak this Tuesday
morning to the Dallas Christian Leadership Prayer Breakfast. The
breakfast is an annual breakfast that was started by Tom Landry and
other Dallas leaders over 40 years ago and the speakers are usually
amazing. Colt McCoy and his Dad, Brad, were supposed to deliver a
combined message; however, Colt became sick on Monday and could not join
his Dad on Tuesday morning. In the end, it was a blessing because Brad
McCoy delivered a message on raising Colt and his two other boys that
was truly amazing! The cliff notes are below. I took copious notes
because he prefaced his speech by stating, "I am going to talk about
the four principles with which we raised our three boys." They are
incredibly applicable to us as parents (regardless of the sex of our
children) and they made a significant mark on my heart.
>
> Brad McCoy said that he and his wife raised their children
according to the following four principles:
> "Prepare your child for the path, not the path for your
child." Brad said this is not just for our kids - it is for us
as parents. The road is rough, narrow and hard to find. We have a book
(the Bible), a map vis-a-vis the Bible and God to help us. We must
prepare ourselves and our kids for moments in life when doors open and
close. He cited Proverbs 22:6: "Train a child in the way he should
go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." He also cited,
almost in jest but also in reality, Proverbs 23:13, "Do not withhold
discipline from a child; if you punish him with the rod, he will not
die." It was a funny contrast, but a real contrast. He then said,
"Dads, fight for your kids, prepare them!"
> 2. "Prepare to be our best." This was one of the four
McCoy family mottos. He cited 1 Corinthians 9:24, "Do you not know
that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in
such a way as to get the prize." He stated that every day he would
take his kids to school and upon them exited the car, he would say to
them, "Do your best and be a leader!" He said that they listened
every time and even as they got older (4th, 5th and 6th grades) he would
repeat these words even if they said, " Yeah, Yeah, Dad, I know, do
your best and be a leader!" He said that as a coach for 27 years,
he would always lead his team onto the field and leave his team at every
practice with the chant, "Expect to Win, Play to Win." And he
implored us as parents to instill the same attitude in our homes and in
our children. He cited Jim Collins book, Good to Great, stating that
good is the enemy of Great! We don't aim high and miss - as we
would like to believe. In fact, most times, we aim low and hit the
mark! As parents, he implored us not to aim low! Aim high!!!
> 3. "Be a Leader" He stated that we are surrounded by such
a great cloud of witnesses - great leaders that we can draw from and
that our kids can draw from. He said we are all at the mercy of time
and money and asked a rhetorical question: How do you spend your time
and money. He then said that how we spend our time and money is a
direct reflection on where our true priorities lie. Convicting! He
then said as a leader that he has always loved the quote by Ghandi (even
though he didn't ascribe to all of Ghandi's beliefs): "I will not
let anyone walk through my mind with dirty feet." He said that as he
taught this principle to his three boys that Colt McCoy turned this
phrase into his own words: "Thoughts become things." Colt would
tell his younger brothers as he mentored them, " You can't talk like
that or think like that, because thoughts become things that play
themselves out in your life."
> 4. "Prepare for Open and Closed Doors." As a Dad, he said
it was painful beyond all of his years on this earth to watch his son
get hurt in the first series of play in the National Championship at the
Rose Bowl. A perfect setting. A setting his son had dreamed of ever
since he threw the football with his Dad in the front yard as a kid. As
a Dad, he went over to his son's hotel room after the Championship
loss and the demoralizing fate for such a NCAA football star. He went
to his son's room to cheer his son up and was praying to God for the
right words. He entered his son's hotel room to find his son
finishing a devotional. A devotional that read as follows: "My
positive energy must be better than my negative energy. My certainty
must be me stronger than my doubt. The battle is won before I ever
start the fight. I choose faith over fear. Leave a legacy of
excellence, love, dedication and service. Jeremiah stated, 'Blessed
is the man who's trust is in the Lord.'" He said as a Dad, he had
to find a corner of Colt's hotel room to sit down and cry over the
maturity of his son. His son was prepared for open and closed doors!
Wow.
>
> He then finished his speech by stating that as he consoled his son
under the Rose Bowl stadium, after it was readily apparent that Colt
would not be able to go back onto the field and play for the Longhorns.
And as he was trying to motivate his son, his son motivated the team and
his Dad. His son stepped into a new mantle of leadership. Rather than
return to the field in pedestrian clothes, Colt insisted on returning to
the field to help his team win. He walked back onto the field in his
uniform and helped the second string quarterback read the defense and
mentored the second string quarterback over the course of the 3rd and
4th quarters. He said that his son had been studying "trust" in a
Bible Study all year long leading up to the National Championship game.
He said his son had told his mom and dad that he didn't know why he
had been studying that "trust" concept all year, but he fully knew
why in the moments leading up to the National Championship loss. He
told his parents that he came to the conclusion that God had "prepared
me for years leading up to that game, because He wanted me to
"trust" Him!" As his son, Colt, was approached by news
reporters after the Longhorns had lost the National Championship, the
reporters asked Colt how he was feeling and Colt replied: "I always
give God the glory. I never question what God does. God is in control
of my life and if nothing else, I am standing on the Rock!"
>
> Brad McCoy said that his cell phone began lighting up with texts
after the game with friends, ministers and family members wildly
acclaiming the statement that Colt had made to the reporters. He said
that he received letters from non-believers, Jewish ministers, Muslim
ministers and atheists in the days following the game - all pointing
to the AMAZING statement that Colt had made after the game. He said
that as he entered Colt's hotel room that night, he asked his son,
"What did you say after game?" [He had not been able to hear it
in the mayhem of the stadium.] Brad McCoy, Colt's Dad, asked two to
three times, "Son, what did you say after the game?" Colt said,
"Dad, I don't know. I really don't remember what I said. All
I remember is that the reporter asked me a question and I prayed that
God would supply me with the right answer." Wow.
>
> Brad McCoy then ended his speech by telling a story about a young
football player that he was coaching back in his hometown. He said the
young football player approached Brad McCoy after he returned from
Pasadena and said, "Coach, I heard what your son said after the game,
but I have one question: What is the rock?" He said it's funny
son. We sing about it in church. He then began singing accapella:
"My hope is built on nothing less, Than Jesus' blood and
righteousness. I dare not trust the sweetest frame, But wholly trust in
Jesus' Name. On Christ the solid Rock I stand, All other ground is
sinking sand; All other ground is sinking sand. When darkness seems to
hide His face, I rest on His unchanging grace. In every high and stormy
gale, My anchor holds within the veil. On Christ the solid Rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand; All other ground is sinking sand. His
oath, His covenant, His blood, Support me in the whelming flood. When
all around my soul gives way, He then is all my Hope and Stay. On
Christ the solid Rock I stand, All other ground is sinking sand; All
other ground is sinking sand. When He shall come with trumpet sound, Oh
may I then in Him be found. Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne. On Christ the solid Rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand; All other ground is sinking sand."
By the end of his singing, the entire room of men and women were singing
in unison with Brad McCoy. It was truly an amazing morning for the Lord
and a truly amazing speech for us to learn from as parents.
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