When I was a young pup, I watched the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie incessantly. In fact, I had many of the lines memorized (weird, huh?). Anyway, there was a Pizza Hut commercial at the beginning about a not-so-talented boy that stunned his teammates by catching a fly ball out in right field:

I say all this because I played in my second softball game of the season last night. Once again, I was confronted with my skinny-white-boy-ain’t-got-no-softball-skills status. My position? You guessed it. Right field.

But you know what? I’m glad I stink at softball. It can be a humbling gift from the Lord if I’ll receive it.

C.J. Mahaney writes as much in his book “Humility: True Greatness.” Although his humbling sport of choice is golf, I feel the counsel still applies:

“When you aren’t exploring the attributes of God, the doctrines of grace, and the doctrine of sin, try these surefire methods for cultivating humility and weakening pride. First, play golf as much as possible. Yep, golf. In my athletic experience, I don’t think there’s a more difficult or more humbling sport. Rather, make that humiliating — because if you play at all, you know all about those shots that result in laughter from your partners and humiliation for you. No one escapes them — not even Tiger Woods, and certainly not me.” (pg. 94)

What’s your favorite humbling sport?