Are You Headed Towards the Right Goal? - Bernard W Schnippert - January 1982

Bernard W Schnippert

"Stop! STOP! STOP!" screamed the outraged home-team fans. Turn around, Tom! Go the other way!" bellowed the dumbfounded basketball coach. But Tom didn't stop or turn around. Instead, in a bewildered state of euphoria, Tom hurriedly dribbled the basketball across the half-court line to the free-throw line, then past the free-throw line to the three-second lane and finally laid the ball up into the basket to make a perfect goal — for the other team! Yes, remarkable as it seemed, Tom, one of the best basketball players on the team, had become confused because of the intense excitement and screaming bedlam that filled the gymnasium during this important game. For one brief moment Tom became disoriented and actually scored a goal — two points — for the opposite side. I was there. I saw the proud look on Tom's face melt into horror as he realized the basket went on the scoreboard for the competition. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library