What It Was, Was Basketball (standard:humor, 909 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Nov 16 2014	Views/Reads: 2331/1601	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
When we step out of the world of competition and quiet ourselves a bit, we begin to appreciate the reality, especially the reality in Jesus Christ.

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side wore white. It would not be appropriate, so it was explained to 
me, for the children to have different numbers. 

Then the coach blew his whistle and announced they would have a bathroom
break. All those who needed to go to the bathroom should go at this 
particular time. 

Nobody went and in a moment or two, the game resumed with the
whistle-blowing coach. 

Within five minutes, three on one side and two on the other side came up
missing. When the coach inquired as to where these kids were he was 
told that they had all gone to the bathroom. Furthermore, he was told 
that he planted the idea in their head and so it was not their fault. 

As I watched the activity on the floor, I realized the Harlem
Globetrotters had nothing on these miniature basketball players. One 
trademark activity in a Harlem Globetrotter game is in the middle of 
the game they would begin playing baseball with the basketball. 

Something like that happened out on the floor as I was watching. It was
not baseball, and I am sure it was not basketball, at least the kind I 
am familiar with. What it was, was anybody's guess. 

What it was, so I came to find out, was just plain old fun. 

As I sat there rotating my posterior, I was thinking about how
competitive our world has really become. People will do anything and 
everything just to win a game. Sometimes it is good just to quiet down, 
relax and enjoy the surroundings. 

I wonder if that is what David had in mind when he wrote, “Be still, and
know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be 
exalted in the earth” (Psalm 46:10). 

When we step out of the world of competition and quiet ourselves a bit,
we begin to appreciate the reality, especially the reality in Jesus 
Christ. 


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