Tony and James Dungy...men of faith
I watched this speech on ESPN this afternoon My heart goes out to Tony Dungy ..no parent should ever have to bury their child.. but he has the comfort that his son is with Christ
Dungy makes brief comment after son's funeral Lutz, FL (Sports Network) - Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy made a brief statement to the media Tuesday morning after the funeral of his son, James, who died of an apparent suicide last Thursday in suburban Tampa.
"Thank you for the love, the prayers and the support that we've received from the people of Tampa, the people of Indianapolis and the people all over the country," Dungy said.
"They've been very, very great and gracious to us in a time of grief for our family. We loved our son very much. He loved us and we miss him terribly. We also understand that we have some tremendous promises from God and God promises to be with us. He's with us in the great times. He's with us in the tough times.
"Our family will stand strong. The strength that we have in the Lord will allow us to get through this, just as we get through times of victory.
"Our grief is great, but from our family we just say thank you to everyone. We appreciate everybody that's touched his life, everybody that's been a part of him growing up.
"James was a good young man with a compassionate heart. We were glad to have him for 18 years. We are also glad that he accepted Christ as his savior, so that God has him now for the rest of eternity. Thank you."
Dungy makes brief comment after son's funeral Lutz, FL (Sports Network) - Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy made a brief statement to the media Tuesday morning after the funeral of his son, James, who died of an apparent suicide last Thursday in suburban Tampa.
"Thank you for the love, the prayers and the support that we've received from the people of Tampa, the people of Indianapolis and the people all over the country," Dungy said.
"They've been very, very great and gracious to us in a time of grief for our family. We loved our son very much. He loved us and we miss him terribly. We also understand that we have some tremendous promises from God and God promises to be with us. He's with us in the great times. He's with us in the tough times.
"Our family will stand strong. The strength that we have in the Lord will allow us to get through this, just as we get through times of victory.
"Our grief is great, but from our family we just say thank you to everyone. We appreciate everybody that's touched his life, everybody that's been a part of him growing up.
"James was a good young man with a compassionate heart. We were glad to have him for 18 years. We are also glad that he accepted Christ as his savior, so that God has him now for the rest of eternity. Thank you."
posted by Rochelle @ 6:18 PM
1 Comments:
At 5:54 PM,
Mike said…
You aren't getting any comments lately....that is so sad. well. i had to comment on this, i hate that Coach Dungy had to go through this. I love how compsed and calm he seems to be. but you have to think that underneath he is a messs. The colts organization has proven to be a group of top-notch people. Players, coaches, and administrators all seem to have good hearts. I just hope that they come out to play when the playoffs start and maybe dedicate their superbowl win to james...
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