Chelsea FC striker Olivier Giroud Jason Osborne
Chelsea FC striker Olivier Giroud [pictured] was seen sporting a jersey over the weekend which read, “Choose Jesus, Eternal Life”. While this was set against Chelsea’s defeat at the hands of Arsenal, the star seeks his solace elsewhere.
The French national and world cup-winner is a staunch Christian and has expressed his faith in God many times both on the pitch and off it.
On his right arm he bears a tattoo which reads: “Dominus regit me et nihil mihi deerit,” which translates as the oft-quoted line from Psalm 23: “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.”
Further to this, Mr Giroud guest edited an edition of the French magazine, Jesus!, which purports to be the first magazine of which Jesus is the hero.
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His entire life, both professional and personal, is related back to God. During an interview in which he discussed the moment his French team won the World Cup, he paused to gesture to his arm and reflect on God: “I’m very religious so, at that moment, I just thanked God. I was very grateful to have the opportunity to live my dream.
“To live every single day for me is a day blessed.”
Taken to church every Sunday by his mother as a child, he engaged eagerly with his Church of England parish in London.
Deepening the habit his mother instilled in him at a young age, he said in the same interview:
“After, I just carried on and now I’m seeing a Christian priest, studying the Bible together and I feel like I want to know more about Jesus Christ’s life and every time I read the word of the Holy Bible it makes me feel grateful about everything that has happened to me. And positive. Because so many bad things happen in the world.”