SIXER - I CAN

As it is a custom for me to go to Loyola College every Sunday morning , i did so this week also.
I went there to have a walk and say my prayers. After the walk i sat near the cricket nets where young boys were practicing. So i sat there for sometime and i was lost in thoughts.

After a while there was suddenly lot of commotion and noise near the nets. Out of curiosity , i walked near to realize that a father ( Mike ) was scolding  at his son ( Tommy ) for not batting properly. The interesting fact was that Mike himself was bowling to his Son Tommy.

Mike was supposedly one of  the finest cricketers of his time and he wanted Tommy to be just like him. So Mike was steaming in and was bowling as fast as he could just to the agony of his son getting Bowled every time. After sometime , Mike's eyes was filled with tears because every time his son got bowled , everyone around the nets were laughing and mocking at his son.

As i was watching this , it struck me that Mike's intention was not to bowl out his son but to prepare his son to face such deliveries in real match situation.Every Ball he bowled , he wanted Tommy to hit a SIX.  In the same way , many times in lives , God Bowls Balls of Difficulties, Sufferings, Challenges, humiliations  just to prepare us for real match situation. Because in real life everyone one of us have to go through these things. so the question is
Are we going stand up boldly and say , i will face the situation and learn things through it , so that next time i face it , i will hit a SIX OR i will succumb to humiliations and Give up ?

Little Tommy , slowly mustered up his courage and faced his father's bowling boldly.
He Started of by defending the ball then stroked the ball along ground, then he played the pull shot without fear and at the blink of an eye the ball was out of the Ground. Tommy Hit a SIX.
 Mike came near his son with great joy and said" My son , You are Ready for the Match"

Let us not run away from difficult situations and challenges. God wants to stay in it, not give up and hit a SIX. God also has assured us by promising that his Grace is Sufficient for us.

You Can Hit a SIX !!!!!