Food for Thought!
I want to switch it up today and talk about other issues. The pros and cons are of overseas basketball is nice to debate but when it comes down to it, we are all blessed in one way or another. This does not mean I am going to stop talking about the pros and cons because there are a whole lot more issues to address but let’s talk about missing God’s blessings.
It all started for me when I started playing basketball and I was no where close to the player I am today. Growing up it was just something to do to stay around my friends and be accepted by them. I never thought when I was young that it could take me places around the world. I remember being cut from the first AAU team I ever tried out for because I was too young and too small to play power forward. There is a big difference playing a year older when you are 11 and the AAU team is 13 and under. If we were talking about 15 and 16 year olds, it would be different. This is the first example of missing God’s blessings because I could have thrown in the towel when I was 11. Instead, God blessed me with the opportunity to work on my basketball game everyday.
My mother would take me to the YMCA everyday and I used that time to work harder than everybody there. I could have thrown in the towel and sit on my butt during that time watching TV like all of my other friends. Instead I choose to rise above all of the negativity and eventually become one of the best out of Rowan County.
Let’s fast forward pass high school and college basketball when I wanted my pro career to happen right after I finished. I ended up picking the wrong kind of agents and things did not take off the way I thought they were. I was forced to come home to Salisbury and work in the gym even more. I thought I was ready but God had other plans. It came to a point right before Christmas when I suddenly got an email from a team in Germany that was not on my level as far as my game was concerned. God put that opportunity there so he could see my commitment to the game that I loved. After some debate, I took that chance and the rest is history.
I shined in that league and got better offers for the next season. Just think if I would have missed that blessing/opportunity, who knows where I would be today? Just food for thought. If you want something in this life, you have to leave what you know and let God handle things. I will leave you with that one!
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