Kurt Warner, an ordinary person? Go! In his 12 years with the NFL he won two Most Valuable Player trophies, a Super Bowl title, three Super Bowl appearances and 32,000-yard passes. How can that be normal? This is his story now, Y not where his story started.

But before I talk about it, I wanted to send this heart to Kurt Warner for all that he did for us devoted soccer fans in St. Louis and for the extraordinary person he is. I still have my Kurt Warner soccer jersey that I wore when the St. Louis Rams won the Super Bowl in 1999. While St. Louis is known for baseball, our city is a great sports city. There were many die-hard Cardinals football fans who braved the outside elements (I think my toes finally thawed after a Redskins vs. Cardinals Thanksgiving game) to support their team. The Cardinals were never close to going to the Super Bowl. Our city was very surprised when the Cardinals left to move to Arizona. So when the Rams came to St. Louis, we were ecstatic. I will always love Kurt Warner for his story, his humility, and for redeeming devoted St. Louis soccer fans by leading our team to the Super Bowl.

After he finished college, Warner was not drafted by the NFL. He had an invitation to try out with the Green Bay Packers, but was told he wasn’t ready for the NFL even though he had great potential.

To pay his bills, he stocked the shelves at the Hy-Vee grocery store. Undaunted by pushbacks in the NFL, he headed to the Arena Football League. His performance was so impressive that he was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in 1998.

Kurt started with the Rams as the third quarterback and was promoted to second. Trent Green was the first quarterback until he suffered a torn ACL. When Green got hurt, I thought, ‘Oh no! We have a football team again that could be a winner and now we’ve lost our quarterback. ‘ Kurt Warner (Who?) Walked in and there was no going back. He put together one of the best quarterback seasons in NFL history and led the Rams to the Super Bowl by winning the Super Bowl trophy and NFL Most Valuable Player honors. (The cover of Time magazine read: Who is this guy?)

In 2001, Kurt Warner led the St. Louis Rams to another Super Bowl. This time we didn’t win, but it was quite a game. Kurt would leave the Rams in 2004, go to the New York Giants, be plagued with injuries and a long time on the bench. In 2005 he was hired by the Arizona Cardinals, still battling injuries and not always being the starting quarterback. He triumphed again and led the Arizona Cardinals to their first Super Bowl in 2008.

Whenever Kurt Warner talks about his accomplishments, his struggles, and his triumphs, he always gives credit to the fact that God guided and guided him and his personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

His twelve-year journey in the NFL was full of ups and downs. But he kept using the gifts and talents that God had given him.

I was in the gym when his retirement speech came. I stopped and listened to it. This speech is one of the most genuine, elegant and sincere you have ever heard. It is so inspiring that I have seen it several times.

Kurt Warner’s life is a beautiful example of how God uses an ordinary person to lead an extraordinary life. In the speech he talks about the Bible and how the Bible is full of stories of ordinary people and how God uses them in an extraordinary way.

I couldn’t let this event go by without acknowledging the beautiful example of faith that Kurt Warner has set for all of us. I know that her story inspires me and that thanks to her perseverance, I will persevere in achieving the dreams that God has given me. I hope you do too.