By Gary Lloyd
Auburn University Athletics Director Jay Jacobs told Trussville Area Chamber of Commerce members Thursday to encourage people in their everyday lives.
Jacobs said the goal at Auburn is to work with student-athletes how community leaders work with employees and students.
“You never know what somebody is going through,” Jacobs said.
He told a story from 2 Samuel, about Benaiah, a fighter from Kabzeel, who lived in the snowy forest, always concerned about a lion that lived in the forest killing him and his family, taking their food.
Auburn Athletics Director Jay Jacobs
photo by Gary Lloyd
One day, Jacobs said, Benaiah saw the lion and surprised it by running after it with a hammer. The lion fled and fell into a pit. Knowing the lion would eventually climb out of the pit, Benaiah jumped into the pit and killed the lion.
Jacobs said the story applies to today, and people can ignore the metaphoric lion, do nothing about it or kill the lion.
“We all have lions in our lives,” Jacobs said.
More from Jacobs’ speech in next week’s issue of The Trussville Tribune.
Tony Blackwell of Serra Mazda was awarded the August Customer Service Award and Trussville Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Diane Poole said Hewitt-Trussville head baseball coach Jeff Mauldin will be next month’s luncheon speaker.
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