After a playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has implied he will retire soon. The QB thanked God for his NFL career and shed some light on his hopes for the future.
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NFL QB Shares Hopes For Future After Football
In an interview with CBN News Roethlisberger shared that his focus for the future will be his family and working to expand God’s Kingdom.
“I’m going to do everything I can to be the best husband and father I can be and try to expand God’s kingdom,” Roethlisberger said.
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“I’ve been here a long time, and it’s been a lot of fun,” Roethlisberger continued. “Like I said, God has blessed me … It was meant to be that I was going to wear black and gold. Draft day I had a black suit on with a gold tie. I’m just so thankful.”
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On his future with his family, the QB had this to say: “I’m nervous. No, I am excited. Just because I get to go home tonight. I assume we’re going to make it out and get home. We’ve got snow and so the kids are already playing and tubing and doing sledding and stuff,” he said. “So being a husband and father, you never take a day off. You got to keep going. And so, as we move from one chapter to the next, it’s going to be different, but it’s going to be fun.”
An Outspoken Faith
According to CBN Roethlisberger has only recently become outspoken about his faith.
Ben Roethlisberger’s final comments about the next chapter to come in his life. He’s going to go home and play in the snow with his kids pic.twitter.com/lixDxMfDaC
— James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) January 17, 2022
“Three years ago I got baptized,” He said at a Men’s faith conference, ManUp, in 2020. ” I was baptized as a kid; my parents took me as a baby. But I didn’t make that decision. So three years ago now I made the decision to be baptized because I felt like I needed to do that. I wanted to have a closer walk, a better relationship with Jesus, with my wife, with my kids, with my family — become a better person.”
“So I think the person that brought me to Him was Jesus. Jesus is the One who brought me back to Him, and I’m so thankful for it because I feel I’m a better Christian, a better husband, and a better father today because of His forgiveness of me,” he continued.
Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger says he wants to 'expand God's kingdom' in next chapter of life https://t.co/5rkoDzjQXi
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) January 18, 2022
The future looks bright for the QB. We will have to wait and see how he works to expand God’s Kingdom in the future.
