When I was in middle school,i was one of the smaller players on the basketball team. In our first game of season, we were scheduled to face a real good team,boasting a bunch of big guys. Naturally, at my size, it would have been easy to intimidated by our opponents.
On game day, I was walking through the school in between classes, when my basketball coach called me over to where he was standing in front of several of my friends. He was a big,strong, tough coach, he said to me “you're not that tall, but let me tell you,size doesn't matter. What counts is right down in here.” He pointed his finger at his chest as he continued. “Kelly, you've got a big heart, and you're going to do great this year.”
When I heard the coach's words -spoken right in front of my friends, i stood up taller, threw my shoulders back, and smiled even more than usual! I thought myself , The coach believes in me! My confidence shot up to a completely new level, and I played better that year than I'd ever done before. It's amazing what we can accomplish when we know somebody really believes in us.
That coach took a little time to make a big difference. He took time to instill confidence in me. If we're going to bring out the best in people, we too need sow seeds of encouragement.
If you want your life to increase, if you want your life to get better, then you need to help improve somebody else's life. If you will help somebody else become successful, God will make sure that you are successful.
