The Faith and Wisdom of Deanna Favre
Jeff Collier
| October 22, 2010
Superstar quarterback Brett Favre has been leading sports headlines over the past few years for his inability to make up his mind on whether to retire from the NFL or play one more year. But recently he's been in the headlines for a different reason. Allegedly he sent some nude photos of him in crocs to a girl working for the NY Jets.
I find it interesting in all these scandalous sex stories how the wife of the man in trouble is rarely talked about. Well, other than "is she or isn't she going to stand by him." She is never talked about as being harmed, it's always the "public" or the "team" who are harmed. Which is why I think it's cool Deanna Favre has been on Good Morning America and recently did an interview with Christianity today.
I really enjoyed the Q&A Deanna had with Christianity Today, she talked about her book, her breast cancer and her faith.
Deanna Favre learned she had breast cancer four days after she buried her brother. She was distraught and having trouble dealing with all the heartache. In the interview she recalls her attitude sharply turned around when someone told her "you have cancer inside your body, but you also have Christ."
Most women are in love with Brett Favre regardless of their taste for the NFL and would count themselves lucky to marry him (especially given the spelling of his last name). But the more I read about Deanna the more I think Brett is lucky to have her. Here's some snippets of her wisdom:
"I basically handle every struggle, every day of my life, when I get up in the morning, there's devotion, when I go to bed at night, there's prayer. When I eat, there's prayer. Everything I do is centered on faith. Every struggle I face is handled that way. The many struggles we face don't stop, I'm sure something else will come. Your faith just gets stronger and stronger, and it gets easier to deal with things."
"I don't really relate my relationship with Christ to religion. Christ is the church. I'm sure we all deal the same way. We pray and look for guidance and answers [come] through Christ and God through our faith."
If you're looking for more Deanna wisdom check out her new book The Cure for the Chronic Life.
I find it interesting in all these scandalous sex stories how the wife of the man in trouble is rarely talked about. Well, other than "is she or isn't she going to stand by him." She is never talked about as being harmed, it's always the "public" or the "team" who are harmed. Which is why I think it's cool Deanna Favre has been on Good Morning America and recently did an interview with Christianity today.
I really enjoyed the Q&A Deanna had with Christianity Today, she talked about her book, her breast cancer and her faith.
Deanna Favre learned she had breast cancer four days after she buried her brother. She was distraught and having trouble dealing with all the heartache. In the interview she recalls her attitude sharply turned around when someone told her "you have cancer inside your body, but you also have Christ."
Most women are in love with Brett Favre regardless of their taste for the NFL and would count themselves lucky to marry him (especially given the spelling of his last name). But the more I read about Deanna the more I think Brett is lucky to have her. Here's some snippets of her wisdom:
"I basically handle every struggle, every day of my life, when I get up in the morning, there's devotion, when I go to bed at night, there's prayer. When I eat, there's prayer. Everything I do is centered on faith. Every struggle I face is handled that way. The many struggles we face don't stop, I'm sure something else will come. Your faith just gets stronger and stronger, and it gets easier to deal with things."
"I don't really relate my relationship with Christ to religion. Christ is the church. I'm sure we all deal the same way. We pray and look for guidance and answers [come] through Christ and God through our faith."
If you're looking for more Deanna wisdom check out her new book The Cure for the Chronic Life.
Jeff Collier is the founder of Zetify and currently lives in Austin.