blind in sight but not blind of victory

Matt Steven is like most other teenagers. He loves being around people his age, he loves to compete, he loves to be a part of the crowd, and he has hobbies. His favorite hobby is basketball, which is not that unusual unless you have faced what Matt Steven has faced. Since birth, Matt has been blind, because of two detached retinas. In the fifth grade he had one eye removed and in the sixth grade he had the other eye removed. Over the last few years he has begged his parents to let him go to the school that his brother goes too. Not long after his parents gave in, Matt decided he wanted to be a part of the basketball team. He went to every practice, attended every game, listened to every instruction by the coach and cheered the team on from the bench. Then one day his older brother decided that during a fundraiser game that it would be cool if Matt could shoot every free throw. The other team agreed to letting him shoot ever free throw. How did he do? Matt made the first two and ended up going 4 for 8...then at the end of the game, his team had come back, the best player got fouled while being down by 1 point...and suddenly guess who finds himself at the free throw line with 2 free throws to shoot? Matt Steven! That's right, the team let Matt Steven shoot the final second free throws and Matt calmly stepped to the line and nailed them both. Matt Steven's team won the game and Matt was the hero! Matt may be blind but that day he saw and felt victory in a new and bright way. Is there anything that God is calling you to do that seems to be too difficult? -Casey (original story written by Rick Reilly at http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3967807)