Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Yeah! I finally made it to Teens Time! Had a great time there, especially playing captain's ball. Thought that I should share this with all of you out there. So, here it is, an excerpt form my journal, dated 10 dec 2005:
I used to think that I'm like some hopeless nut with ball games. Soccer, tennis, volleyball, basketball, captain's ball, just name it. I've always felt that it wasn't that I lacked sportsmanshipbut it was just that I couldn't play. I preferrred to push the blame onto that reason. And, it didn't really bother me that I couldn't play. I wasn't very much of a sports person afterall. I'd rather take the backseat and be a spectator but today's captain ball game sort of changed my perspective. a whole way around.
I was really a little apprehensive at first when I knew that we were going to play captain's ball. But, i decuded to just try to play along in the end. Am I glad I played! It turned out to be so fun that I actually lost track of time and got home late...;) It wasn't as if i mysteriously got some 'sports power' or whatever you call it but rather it was the power of encouragement through my teammates. It was probably God behind it. Ya, I'm sure!
One of them told me to call for the ball but I was kinda 'shy' and didn't know all of their names and didn't dare to just shout out like that. But I guess the rest of the team soon took notice of me and kept trying to pass the ball to me. And, whether I did catch the ball or scored the goal or not, I never failed to received a "nice shot!","good catch!" or "nice try!"," it's okay" and the list goes on.These powerful words of encouragement It didn't only happen to me, I saw that it was the same with the two other newcomers like me. They made it a point to include us and not let us feel left out at all. it was really amazing to see amidst this somewhat competitive game, people were still encouraging one another.
And oh, they were honest too.It's like when someone mistakens another person for his ot her teammate and passes the ball, the person actually owns up, "Hey, I'm not from your team!' and returns the ball. Upholding integrity!Right on man!
And I also noticed that some of them actually made a point to pass the ball to the other teammates. I mean, I've to admit that if it were me I would have just "claimed all the glory" and scored the goal myself but they didn't.
I was really just a simple friendly game of captain's ball that I bet they play every Saturday but I've learnt sooo much form it! I think It's really God working in them, in all of us, in me! And I trust in Him to continue to help me grow spiritually in His way and run this Race He's marked out for me with much determination, for Him!
changeme.
7:00 AM