Rantical

I was listening to an interview with Adam Yauch, MCA of Beastie Boys fame, and he was promoting a new documentary that he directed and wrote called "Gunnin' for that #1 Spot" about some of the best high school basketball players in America. As he was talking it reminded me of my childhood. I used to love basketball! I used to practice dribbling and ball handling skills in my mom's utility closet for hours on end. I learned to spin a ball on my finger when I was like 6 or 7 years old. I took my ball to school and practiced on the way to and from.

As I got older I realized that no matter how much I practiced I would never be "that" player. It takes more than skills and fundamentals. Those things are important, no doubt, but there is more. I didn't have it. It makes me think of the Bible verse, Philippians 4:13, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." I love that that verse is on every Christian high school's locker room wall. I am sure when Paul wrote that he was thinking of our high school football and b-ball teams. "Dang it, we lost we need to REPENT!" Anyway, in Philippians, if you read it, Paul seems to making death-bed exhortations, yet just prior he tells his readers that he is not in need of a thing, that he has found the secret to being content in life. I believe that secret is the will of The Father. Just as Jesus did nothing but the will of The Father, I believe that we can do all things, if they are the will of The Father.

I didn't become a basketball player for a lot of reasons, mainly because I wasn't very good, despite the practice. I have only played once or twice in the last couple of years and the last time I air balled a lay up. I'm that good! BOOYA!

Blessings,
Ryan D

John 4:12, "I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father."

P.S. If you like basketball, documentaries, Beastie Boys, or movies check out "Gunnin' for that #1 Spot."