Living through the eyes of faith

1990's was Indonesian's badminton golden era. They played almost all of the match that involved Indonesian player on TV. When it comes to Thomas/Uber Cup (kinda like superbowl here in US or UEFA champions league in Europe) which Indonesian play as a team, the government forced all of TV station to air it live. That's how patriotic we are as a country and how proud we are of our badminton team. Among all player during one time, there's one Men Double's pair that almost every Indonesian knew their name attract me. Their name is Ricky/Rexy, the way the played is out of this world. They create a winning streak for 2 years, unbeatable. The best one is that the way the play really please the crowd, make us try to guessing (especially rexy) what kind of shot he'll pulled in the next rally. I admire Rexy the most since he's like the playmaker or the brain behind it. It's still fresh in my mind watching thomas cup 1996 with my families and how we shout In-Do-Ne-Sia, go down China or Malaysia (China and Malaysia both are big enemies of Indonesia in badminton).

8 years later, I find out that my favorite player was coaching Malaysian team and he's actually a Christian. I watched the match of final Asian Games 2006 where Indonesia playing against malaysian pair in men doubles. He's been disappointed many times by his students before, (he said they're lack of champion mentality). Plus the fact that the pair he guide is new pairing, a decision he make right before Asian games. Of course I'm rooting for my country but in the end Malaysia is the one winning the match. I'm super angry of course, it's never happen that Malaysian men doubles beat Indonesian in any final before (well sometimes it happen, I'm just exaggerating). But one thing I notice is that rexy keep praying through out the match and when  his students win the asian games gold medal. He say prayer before celebrate the winning =). Well it touches me because of his faith. Later, on the press conference he share his secret: "When nothings works, faith is the final solution." I can only said Amen.

2 Corinthians 5:7 "For we walk by faith, not by sight"