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ASIAN PRAYING MANTIS
By Samuel H. Cilocilo
PhilBoxing.com
Wed, 17 Dec 2008
Pacquiao, the global boxing poundage king praying inside the ring is such beauty to behold.
Rarely do we find ring gladiators summoned the powers of heaven before a match and show his reliance of the heavenly forces to succor him in the unpredictable savagery inside the box.
The intellectual pugilist, C.S. Lewis, aptly puts it, ?I pray because I can?t help myself. I pray because I?m helpless?
Coach Freddie Roach comment that ?Manny?s unorthodox style confuses the opponent, thus making him difficult to read? is quite revealing.
Reading Manny?s boxing move via Wall Street corporate broadsheets, the boxing historical pages and jaded classic manuscripts are surefire way to miss his secret arsenal inside the squared battleground.
Manny?s secret is digested from the heavenly scroll and borne out from his personal intimacy with the God he prays and serves. Doubting Thomases enslaved to Mammon and humanism cannot see the real thing.
Manny?s calm assurance on his supporters before his fight against the Golden Boy Oscar de la Hoya is anchored simply on his reliance on God?s power which in the Bible in Romans 8:31 says??If God is for us, who can be against us??
Manny?s predicament as he understood and committed all to the God is reminiscent of Israel?s battle against foes which King Jehoshapat was told in ll Chronicles 20:15 ?.. Do not be discouraged or afraid against these vast army because the battle is not yours, it is God?s?.
No wonder that in December 6 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas this Asian praying mantis stalked his hapless prey, Oscar de la Hoya with consummate ease and finesse - unleashing out-of-this-world heavenly firepower.
Perhaps training plus prayers equals success. As Martin Luther says, ?To pray is the better half of study.?
Perhaps the Asian praying mantis is the exemplar of what the German reformer said.
Click here to view a list of other articles written by Samuel H. Cilocilo.
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