Last night I balled. As many of you know, I am trying to shed some pounds. So far it has been going pretty well. So I've noticed that I am more active and agile in the court. But what I did yesterday will forever be in my mind as the greatest shot block I ever had. I had 2 blocks. One on this guy Mike from behind.
kinda like this....
But the second block.......
There was Rob Joo drivng right up the middle. As he jumped to go for a finger roll I jumped..... Pack! Not only did I block the shot, but it was the kind of block that you see Shaq do.
(Obviously Rob Joo is no Jordan and I ain't shaq)
Still I blocked it volleyball style into the bleachers. You heard this ohhhhh~~~~~ Everyone was excited. At that momment I was thinking of different things to say. Couple of options that came to mind were,
"Get out of my house! Fool."
"Don't be comin' in here with that weak stuff!"
"Argggghhhhhh!"
But I opted to be humble and I just walked away. But it sure felt good......
So this morning, I was humbled... I was going over good and bad Charcteristics of King David with Fou-Sen. We talked about how humble King David was. It was a very small passage about King David fleeing from King Saul. When they ran out of water, David's mighty men went through the enemy grounds and got water from Well of Bethleham. When they brought it back to David, he said that he was not worthy to drink the water from such mighty men who risked their lives to get water and offered it to God. Fousen pointed out that it is easy to be humble when things are going well. But to be humble during the hard times is something else. So here was King David, fleeing from the wrath and jealosy of King Saul, and at a momment when things were as hard as they come, he was humble. When David's mighty men brought back the water he could have had a huge ceremony. He could have drank it with his mighty men in a ceremonial fashion and it could have been huge morale booster for David and his followers. But he was humble. Yesterday I thought I was being humble. Just the fact that I had thoughts of saying all these things makes me a bad man. Yes I was humbled about not being humble. I had a silly smirk about the block all night. Yes to all of you ladies, I know this sound silly. Grown man happy about sports. But it was a huge stepping stone for me in basketball. But I have a long way to go in many things. My walk with the Lord, my diet, my work, my relationships...... My life.