I had one of those “laugh-out-loud” (LOL) moments this morning when I read the above-titled article in USA Today. Through the first 7 weeks of this football season, there have been 1,152 instances of helmets coming off in the middle of play. No serious consequences yet, but the potential for injury is great.
The problem appears to be the fault of players who are keeping the four buckles on their chinstrap so loose, the helmet easily pops off when a 250 lb tackler hits them. The NCAA Rules committee is in angst over what to do. One suggestion is to give the players a ‘time-out’—sitting out the next play—to make insubordinate players take this seriously.
My regular readers will recall that I wrote a blog post last week about the helmet of salvation which protects our minds during spiritual battle. Today’s ‘story’ adds a witty wrinkle to it. The secret to keeping your “spiritual” helmet is making sure it is securely fastened, or in biblical parlance, after "putting on" the Word, we must “hold fast” to it. Paul says, “you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you” (1 Cor. 15:2). Jesus says, “ I am coming soon; hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take away your crown” (Rev. 3:11). When our helmet falls off, after an especially hard hit from the enemy, maybe it’s not such a bad idea to take a time-out to put our helmet back on and make sure it is securely fastened.
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