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Jim Kelly grew up going to church mostly because his parents made him – but these Sunday visits turned out to be a precursor to how he lives his life today.
The Hall of Fame -Quarterback is a devoted Christian, but it took a long time for him to get to that point.
In fact, even when he began to trust his faith, “Tested God,” he said him, he said in a recent podcast.
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Former Buffalo Bills -Quarterback Jim Kelly poses on the red carpet before the NFL Honors Award show in Symphony Hall. (Kirby Lee -usa Today Sports)
Kelly, of course, lost four Super Bowls in his career, but it bleached in comparison to his four cancer battles and lost his son, Hunter, at the age of 8 in 2005.
“I even came to a point, it would make me crazy, I said to my wife, ‘If being a Christian is like you, I won’t be one.’ I was angry with God.
While his son was ill with a deadly globoid cell leukodystrophy, Kelly worked as a football analyst and “away from home.”
“To be honest with you, it was a tough part of my life, not just for me but for me and my wife. It was a fight. We didn’t come together … Me and my wife lost interest in each other,” said Kelly, who admitted he was unfaithful.
Jim Kelly stands on the field before a game between Buffalo Bills and Tennessee Titans at Highmark Stadium. (Mark Kindenzny-usa Today Sports)
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“Unfortunately, it came to a point where my mother -in -law confronted me and said, ‘If you don’t change your life, you’ll lose everything.’ And she was right.
Kelly said that God “threw every curve on me” but for good reason.
“I know why he completed me all that – to test my faith, and if I ever want to give up on him. And there’s no way. He’s the reason I’m still here, but my wife, my daughters and the life I live now, I thank God every day for it.”
In fact, Kelly said he “didn’t want to hear” about religion and added that it was “Getitng forced to me” by his colleagues NFL players. So he gave advice to those who may want to help others find their faith.
Jim Kelly waves to the crowd as he leaves the course under Buffalo Bills’ training camp at St. John Fisher University in Rochester, New York, August 10, 2022. (Shawn Dowd/USA Today Network)
“If you want to change the lives of others, don’t throw it on them. They get around their time. If you continue to throw it and force them into it, you will scare them away. That’s what happened to me early, but the more I thought of it, the more I brought it. I now. ” I now. “
Kelly has been cancer -free since 2019.
