I am a Colts fan

Most everyone who knows me knows that I am an Indianapolis Colts fan. These days, there are many people wearing #18 blue jerseys that say "Manning" on the back. The Colts have been winning consistantly for a decade so it's easy to jump on the band wagon and love a winner. But I've been a Colts fan since 1957 when they were in Baltimore and beat the New York Giants in the 1957 World Championship (the Super Bowl didn't exist at that time). I was five years old when I saw Johnny Unitas lead the Colts to that World Championship victory.

Since then, I've watched them go through good years and seen them suffer through terrible years. But I've remained loyal and kept the horseshoe on my helmet. I love the Colts. This season, they have had a wonderful season under first year head coach Jim Caldwell. They were 14-0 going into game number 15 yesterday against the Jets when Coach Caldwell decided to rest the first team in order to get them ready for the playoffs. Peyton Manning, the All-Pro quaterback along with the other Colt stars stood on the sideline.

I am such a Colts fan that I hated seeing my team go on the field at 50% strength. Worse yet, they suffered their first defeat of the season and snapped their NFL record 22 game winning streak. Darn. I am ticked.

But I was glad to see Peyton Manning's comment after the game. Peyton Manning is going to go down as not one of the greatest put most likely, THE greatest NFL quarterback of all time. Here's what Manning had to say after the Colts first defeat of the 2009 season while fans booed lustily at coach Coldwell's game plan.

"Until any player in here is the head coach, you follow orders and you follow them with all of your heart," Peyton Manning said. "That's what we've done as players. We follow orders....."

My thought, not as a Colts fan but now as a Christian, what if believers in Jesus lived out that same philosophy. Jesus said it, He made the decision, He gave the orders and now we follow them with all our heart without question.

Wow, what a world this would be.