Brett Favre Retires

Can Brett Favre Rehabilitate His Marred Reputation In Retirement?

Brett Favre has decided to hang up the cleats and retire from football. Perhaps it would have been better for his reputation had his retirement happened just a year or two earlier. The future hall of fame quarterback has taken a hit or two off the field in the past year. Favre's flirtations and inappropriate behavior with a reporter during his time with the New York Jets has made for endless gossip these past months. As the old saying goes, it only takes a moment to undo what it took years to build. Favre's all-american image has been diminished by his recent indiscretions and failures. Can his reputation be rehabilitated? Can a man regain honor and respect once he has so publicly fallen?

Christ came to save us from our sin and deliver us from the power of sin; we readily accept these two facets of the Cross of Christ. But Christ also came to deliver us from the condemnation associated with sin (Romans 8:1). Once we confess our sin and repent from it, we are never to entertain condemnation for it, not from others, Satan or even ourself. Respect and reputation with others may take time to rebuild after we stumble but our forgiveness and deliverance from condemnation are instantaneous through the Cross of Christ. The fact we can be a new person in Christ, free from sin's consequence and condemnation, gives us hope for a renewed reputation should we stumble and fall.

Because we are a new creation through the Cross of Christ, we can, in time, rebuild our reputation after we sin. In time, our reputation can be repaired so it reflects the person we are in Christ. Should Brett Favre love Christ and seek forgiveness for sin, his rehabilitation is assured. In Christ we are a new creation and in time the world will see us for the new, cleaned up person, we are in Him!

Tomorrow...Part 2 on What Happens When We Die,

James