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| #prayformuamba: Footballing Moment That Proved A Human Life Was More Important.. by Nobody: 9:13pm On Jun 19, 2019 |
#prayformuamba: Footballing Moment That Proved A Human Life Is More Important Than The Game It's easy to be deceived that somethings are more important in life, because of the many distractions and engrossments that come with modern day living, but there are yet those key moments when reality strikes hard to remind us that the most important thing in life is life itself. One of such rare moments came on the 17th of March 2012, during an FA cup quarter final tie between Tottenham and Bolton at the White Hart Lane, and i happened to be following the game live on TV that day. And everything appeared to be going on normally in the match, and scores were level at 1-1 close to the first half, so there was not much to separate the two side, as the first half seemed bound to end in a stalemate. Then all of a sudden at about 43 minutes on the clock, a Bolton player called Fabrice Muamba just dropped to floor in an awkward way. At first sighting of the incident I didn't attach much to it, despite that he wasn't involved in the play at that point in time, and no player was in contact with or close to him when it happened, I thought it was perhaps a reaction to a tackle or being hit by another player, or that maybe it was as a result of exhaustion. But it was not until I saw the manner of reactions of both set of players on the pitch close to him and the urgency of the calls made to get the medics to the pitch, that it suddenly dawned on me that it was indeed a very serious matter that concerned life and death. What followed that rare moment in football as the medics tried to resuscitate Fabrice Muamba, was one I had never seen in the decades of my following the game. For it was a moment of suspense that beat whatever the movies could offer hands down, for this was a real life version which was unrehearsed and involved real lives and not just actors, so no one really knew what the outcome would be. And it became to hard to tell who the opposition was anymore, for the only opposition at that point seemed to be death, as everyone on the pitch, both sets of players, both sets of coaches, the match referees and officials, fans of both clubs etc., suddenly turned to supporters of a certain Fabrice Muamba. It was a very rare occasion where football suddenly became the last thing on people's minds in a football game, for even opposition fans and players were clearly seen praying for Muamba and wishing him well. And everyone seemed to hold their breath during those gripping moments as they hoped for any form of good news or positive update from those tasked with reviving Fabrice Muamba's life on the pitch. But nothing of such was forth coming as the next thing after that was the view of Fabrice Muamba being carried off the pitch by the medics. And something else i would never forget that day is the sight of Howard Webb the match referee blowing the final whistle of the match that day, and pointing everyone on the pitch in the direction of the changing room with both hands despite the match being only 43 minutes old and not even yet the end of the first half, to signal a premature end to the game. For I could still vividly recall the look on his face while he did that because it was the look of someone stunned. Perhaps he thought that Muamba had died, and hence that it would be unwise to continue with such a game, considering the extent of emotional trauma the incident would have had on the footballers, and everyone there who witnessed it. And of course the match was rescheduled to take place on later date, but what transpired that day is one that i believe left an indelible impression in the minds of all who were there to witness it first hand, for it was a moment that the game reminded us of something that there was something actually more important than the game. For because of the high stakes involved in the game of football, many are deceived to think that it has now become a matter of life and death, and a coach even went as far to saying that it even was more than that, but that single moment proved the otherwise that football was just a game, and that a human life was more important than the game of football.
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| Re: #prayformuamba: Footballing Moment That Proved A Human Life Was More Important.. by Nobody: 9:15pm On Jun 19, 2019 |
And being someone whose life was already driven by the reality of life, what I saw on TV that day didn't come as a surprise to me, for it only justified my orientation concerning life and the game. However I must admit that I was really moved by the extent of expressed compassion and prayers for Fabrice Muamba, for it surpassed any thing I ever envisaged. And obviously i was also one of those praying for Fabrice Muamba, since it was something that I personally witnessed unfolding live on TV right before my very eyes, so it was expected that I wouldn't hesitate to lend my voice to the matter considering that I had a close relationship with God, as i asked Him for mercy and not to allow Fabrice Muamba to die. And considering the extent to which prayers were offered on that day, I just thought it was also a huge opportunity for heaven to show the people that there was actually Someone in heaven who answers prayers. So I was truly glad when the news broke that though he was dead for over an hour that Fabrice Muamba had come back from the dead, and was in stable condition albeit in intensive care. So in the end Fabrice Muamba won the fight of his life against all odds and today is alive to tell his story. But not many are as lucky as Fabrice Muamba had been, for I can't even think of any other footballer that had suffered cardiac arrest on the football pitch and yet lived to talk about it, for they usually don't survive it. So to say Fabrice Muamba instance was a miracle would be a huge understatement, for even though he had managed to miraculous survive the huge scare, the chances were that he would have suffered brain damage as a result. But there was no sign of brain damage when he regained consciousness, as he was immediately able to recognize his loved ones, and was also able to speak to a team mate not long afterwards, as though it was just concussion he had suffered. What makes the Fabrice Muamba's story so remarkable and one that needed to be retold, even years after it happened, is because of how it brought a stark reminder of how important a human life is, for people easily forget that. And it's not a coincidence that such a moment drew people closer to God, and made them turn to Him, for it usually takes such a moment when reality of life strikes hard and they have no one else to turn to that they'd remember there is a God in heaven. For it's when people know the importance of a human life, that they usually know the importance of God their Creator in their human lives. But it's when people forget the importance of a human life, and begin to think that some other things are more important in life, that they tend to forget how important God their Creator is to their lives. That's why when people are reminded of how important a human life is as in that instance, they suddenly realize how important God is, because God is the giver of life.
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| Re: #prayformuamba: Footballing Moment That Proved A Human Life Was More Important.. by JeromeBlack: 9:20pm On Jun 19, 2019 |
Sharrap. Was it prayer that saved Muamba or good medical professionals? If Jesusjnr was hit with that same medical problem in Nigeria, no amount of prayer would save him. The lack of medical infrastructure would seal his fate. |
| Re: #prayformuamba: Footballing Moment That Proved A Human Life Was More Important.. by Aonkuuse(m): 9:35pm On Jun 19, 2019 |
JeromeBlack:Sir you have no single justification to oppose the writer. If you do not believe in the power of prayer doesn't mean that another person shouldn't. Please be mindful on how you guys quickly criticise anything spiritual or religious, the same thing you criticise today might save you tomorrow when things started happening to you that are beyond your rationality. I laugh at people like you because people like you are the ones that your parents always has sleepless night praying for. 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: #prayformuamba: Footballing Moment That Proved A Human Life Was More Important.. by JeromeBlack: 9:37pm On Jun 19, 2019 |
Aonkuuse:  It was not prayers that saved Muamba. |
| Re: #prayformuamba: Footballing Moment That Proved A Human Life Was More Important.. by Nobody: 9:41pm On Jun 19, 2019 |
jesusjnr:What is a miracle?can you give me a definition? PS: this is not stalking or malicious spoiling of your name(what you may suspect),I want to know your views and definition of miracle and look forward for civil constructive discussion on miracle as regards to the footballer recovery... cheers! |
| Re: #prayformuamba: Footballing Moment That Proved A Human Life Was More Important.. by CAPSLOCKED: 10:15pm On Jun 19, 2019 |
Aonkuuse: THERE IS NO POWER IN PRAYERS. IT'S ALL BS, SELF DELUSION AND TOTAL WASTE OF TIME. 3 Likes |
| Re: #prayformuamba: Footballing Moment That Proved A Human Life Was More Important.. by Nobody: 10:34pm On Jun 19, 2019 |
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| Re: #prayformuamba: Footballing Moment That Proved A Human Life Was More Important.. by Nobody: 7:33am On Jun 20, 2019 |
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| Re: #prayformuamba: Footballing Moment That Proved A Human Life Was More Important.. by hahn(m): 8:04am On Jun 20, 2019 |
CAPSLOCKED: Prayers have powers. The power to waste your time  3 Likes 3 Shares |
| Re: #prayformuamba: Footballing Moment That Proved A Human Life Was More Important.. by hakeem4(m): 8:09am On Jun 20, 2019 |
| Re: #prayformuamba: Footballing Moment That Proved A Human Life Was More Important.. by Nobody: 8:57am On Jun 20, 2019 |
By NICK PARKER and SHARON HENDRY 21st April 2012, 11:10 pm Updated: 5th April 2016, 6:47 pm FABRICE Muamba told last night how he came back from the dead and said: “I asked God to protect me — and he didn’t let me down.” The emotional soccer star, 24, was speaking for the first time since he collapsed and “died” on the pitch in front of millions of TV viewers. Revealing a 3ins scar on his chest where doctors inserted a zapper to restart his heart if it stops again, the Bolton and England Under-21 midfielder said: “What happened to me was really more than a miracle.” Muamba, a devout Christian, added: “I am walking proof of the power of prayer. For 78 minutes I was dead and even if I lived was expected to have suffered brain damage. “But I’m very much alive and sitting here talking now. Someone up there was watching over me. On the morning of the game I prayed with my father and asked God to protect me — and he didn’t let me down.” In an exclusive interview with The Sun, Muamba revealed he was gripped by a strange “out-of-body” sensation seconds before he collapsed. His heart stopped for 78 minutes during the FA Cup tie with Spurs at White Hart Lane on March 17. The lion-hearted star, who was unconscious for three days and spent 40 days in hospital, is now home with fiancee Shauna Magunda, 27, and little boy Joshua, three. His tears flowed as he spoke of his joy at seeing his family as he began his recovery. MIRACLE man Fabrice Muamba last night re-lived the terrifying moments when he felt dizzy and saw double before collapsing “dead” on the pitch. He said: “I could see Spurs players around in the distance and saw two Scott Parkers then two Luka Modriches. “That was when I realised something was seriously wrong.” Tears rolled down his cheeks as he looked for the first time at dramatic pictures of the battle to save his life on the pitch. The superfit Bolton midfielder was feeling well right up to the moment his heart stopped and he crashed unconscious to the pitch 41 minutes into the FA Cup tie at White Hart Lane. He said: “There were a few chances and with the score at 1-1 I still felt we could have pulled off an upset. That’s when I got the first feeling that something wasn’t right. I ran upfield to try to get on the end of a cross from Martin Petrov on our left wing and as I ran back into midfield I felt very slightly dizzy. “It wasn’t normal dizziness — it was a kind of surreal feeling like I was running along inside someone else’s body. It’s hard to explain. “Then I made another burst forward and noticed it again — that dizzy feeling again. But then my vision started to go. “I had no pain whatsoever. No clutching at my chest or tightness like you see when people have heart attacks in movies. Just an odd feeling that’s impossible to explain. “Then I started to see double. It felt almost like a dream. There was no one anywhere near me when I started to feel myself falling. The last thing I heard was our defender Dedryck Boyata screaming at me to get back to help out in defence. “He obviously had no idea what was happening to me and neither had I. “I just felt myself falling through the air then felt two big thumps as my head hit the ground in front of me then that was it. Blackness, nothing. I was dead.” To be continued. Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/552560/fabrice-muamba-i-asked-god-to-protect-me-he-didnt-let-me-down/
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| Re: #prayformuamba: Footballing Moment That Proved A Human Life Was More Important.. by Nobody: 3:16pm On Jun 20, 2019 |
Muamba was well away from the ball when he crashed face down on to the turf. Footballers and fans united in stunned silence as referee Howard Webb ended the match fearing the midfielder had died. Players stood in tears while paramedics pumped at his chest. Muamba has no recollection of the frantic battle to save him which unfolded on live TV in front of millions of fans. And he never heard both Bolton and Spurs fans tearfully cheering his name in tribute as word went around the North London stadium that he was already beyond hope. His life was saved by Dr Andrew Deaner, a cardiologist and Tottenham fan who leapt from his seat in the crowd and rushed to help. Dr Deaner organised paramedics resuscitating him, then insisted he was rushed directly to the London Chest Hospital for the best possible specialist care. Muamba told The Sun: “It was pure chance that Dr Deaner was in the crowd that day. I owe him everything. He is the reason I have been able to hold my baby son again and continue my life. “It’s odd when I look at pictures of what happened now because at the time I was out of it and had no idea what was going on. But in lots of pictures I see the doctor there taking care of me on the pitch. I would not be alive today if he’d not been at the game.” It took 15 defibrillator shocks from paramedics — two on the pitch and 13 in the ambulance — to spark life back into his body. Dr Deaner and specialist cardiac teams at the hospital swathed Muamba in electric cooling blankets once his heart was restarted. These lowered his body temperature forcing blood into the brain and vital organs, preventing cell damage while he was pumped with drugs and given fluid and oxygen. Muamba last night recalled how he felt fine in the build-up to the fateful match. He said: “I had trained as usual all week and felt great. I’ve been playing professional football since I was 18 and have never had a serious injury. “I don’t even get colds very often, I’ve never had any problems with my heart or any major organ and there’s no history of heart disease in my family. And on that day I remember feeling particularly fit and was really looking forward to the match. “Tottenham are a strong side but I thought we’d give them a run for their money as I took a look at the pitch and did my warm up in front of the crowd. I can still remember feeling focused and really fit as I pulled on my black away kit shirt with my number six on the back. “Before I went on the pitch I made sure I took plenty of fluid to prepare myself for the physical battle ahead but I felt sharp… I felt good. If only I’d known what was about to happen.” Devout Christian Muamba told how he prayed with his dad just hours before the game. He said: “We’d travelled down for the match by train on Friday. “On Saturday my dad called me at the team hotel and we prayed together like we always do before games. “We weren’t saying prayers as such but I remember asking for God’s protection — it’s something that we often do on the phone.” Muamba’s father Marcel, a 45-year-old Tesco shop worker from Walthamstow, East London, was at the fateful cup tie. Marcel, who fled political oppression in the Congo in 1994, told how he begged God to spare his son. He said: “I was taken to the intensive care unit straight from White Hart Lane in a police van. “I was obviously very concerned that Fabrice would not make it but our faith is very strong and I really believed God would answer my prayer to save him. Inside the van I remember calmly turning to the Bolton chairman Phil Gartside and saying, ‘Fabrice will be fine’. He probably thought I was crazy. “But somehow I just knew Fabrice would be safe in God’s hands.” Once inside the hospital, Marcel locked himself inside a toilet cubicle for five minutes praying intensely. He said: “I told God, please take care of everything. Then he went into Fabrice’s room with the star’s heartbroken younger half-brother Daniel, 12 — who had also been at the match. Marcel held Muamba’s cold, limp hand and whispered in his ear. He recalled: “I told Fabrice, ‘I know you are listening to me. I am telling you that you will come out of this hospital through the front door not the back door. “Then I said to God, ‘You are the one who resurrected Lazarus from the dead. Now in this moment glorify yourself.’ “People around me at the time were amazed by how calm I was after I prayed and how sure I was that Fabrice would be OK. They thought I was blocking things out and just refusing to let myself believe my son was going to die because I couldn’t accept what was happening. “At that stage many people believed even if he survived he would end up brain damaged and could never be his old self. “But I was calm because I had put my trust in God. And God did not let me down.” Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/552560/fabrice-muamba-i-asked-god-to-protect-me-he-didnt-let-me-down/
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| Re: #prayformuamba: Footballing Moment That Proved A Human Life Was More Important.. by Nobody: 8:00am On Jun 21, 2019 |
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| Re: #prayformuamba: Footballing Moment That Proved A Human Life Was More Important.. by JeromeBlack: 8:02am On Jun 21, 2019 |
JeromeBlack: Jesusjnr |
| Re: #prayformuamba: Footballing Moment That Proved A Human Life Was More Important.. by Nobody: 2:31pm On Jun 21, 2019 |
JeromeBlack:You are very much entitled to your opinion, and I've heard it, but i'm also entitled to mine and I believe you've also heard it. For I believe that Fabrice Muamba would be dead today if not for God's intervention regardless of the work the medics did. And this is the opinion of Muamba himself who went through the ordeal: jesusjnr: So you can see that his opinion tallies with mine, so having voiced your opinion why not "sharrap" meanwhile and wait till such a thing happens to you or someone you love as the other guy advised, so that if you or your loved one is able survive it, you can decide to credit just the medics and not God with your making it?
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| Re: #prayformuamba: Footballing Moment That Proved A Human Life Was More Important.. by Nobody: 8:11am On Jun 22, 2019 |
Rubbish, muamba an old man heart problems who was claiming to be young, And when he tried to keep up with real youngers he colapsed. If he had been honest and told his real age, they wouldn't have let him play and he wouldn't have colapsed. Prayer my butt. |
| Re: #prayformuamba: Footballing Moment That Proved A Human Life Was More Important.. by Nobody: 2:41pm On Jun 22, 2019 |
There's a God in heaven who answers prayers! #prayformuamba
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| Re: #prayformuamba: Footballing Moment That Proved A Human Life Was More Important.. by Nobody: 6:58am On Jun 23, 2019 |
It was the speed with which the atmosphere turned which was so frightening. Within a matter of seconds a packed crowd who were engrossed by a competitive Cup tie were struck by sudden, overwhelming desperation. It was obvious straight away that something terrible was unfolding, and that sense intensified in the moment it took for panicked players to beckon for medical assistance to develop into the sight of Fabrice Muamba's heart being pumped. Even from the distance of the stands the effort on the face of the expert administering CPR was tangible. It was devastating to watch – irrespective of whether you were a team-mate, coach, supporter, official, ballboy, steward, journalist and no matter whether it was your 1,000th football match or, in some cases, your first. There was a basic human reaction to what was going on in front of our eyes. Nothing prepares you for the sight of a person fighting for his life. This was not an actor in the movies. This was a son, a brother, a fiancé, a father, a friend who seems to be adored by anyone lucky enough to have crossed his path. It was so horribly paradoxical. It is not in the natural order of things to see a young, fit, professional sportsman so stricken. It is not a normal situation to gather for an event that is supposed to be competitive entertainment and find yourself watching such a grave and distressing scene. The impulse to shudder, to weep, to pray, overtook just about everybody. Thank goodness the medical experts were on hand, and able to respond so quickly and calmly. Once some of the shock had worn off came the profound realisation that the fact Muamba collapsed inside a Premier League football ground, where help was seconds away, gave him the best possible chance. It was easily the worst thing I have seen inside a football ground in more than 30 years following the game. As I was not there at Hillsborough or Heysel or Bradford I cannot relay the horror of a multiple tragedy such as those. But other instances which been difficult to watch, such as when a player suffers a career-threatening injury or a crowd inflicts hooliganism on the game, bear no comparison. In such traumatic circumstances as here the crowd responded in a way which was quite moving. Everybody felt helpless, yet impelled to do something that might help in some tiny way. Spontaneous applause broke out, as noisy and compelling from the Tottenham fans as the Bolton faithful, and some urgent shouts of encouragement, before Fabrice Muamba's name was sung. There was a tangible sense that everyone was willing him on, willing the medics on. The vast majority of people inside White Hart Lane did not know him personally. Probably the most they knew of Muamba was that he was a decent box-to-box midfielder with Bolton. Perhaps some remembered he played for Birmingham before, was brought up at Arsenal and had represented England up to Under-21 level. Maybe a few would have been aware of his reputation as a terrific person, who had come from hardship as a refugee to make a success of himself here. But everyone felt so strongly connected with him. Everyone has been with him, and stays with him, in these anxious times. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/mar/18/fabrice-muamba-crowd-shock
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| Re: #prayformuamba: Footballing Moment That Proved A Human Life Was More Important.. by Nobody: 7:15am On Jun 24, 2019 |
FABRICE MUAMBA'S COLLAPSE SHOWS HOW PRAYER COMES NATURALLY TO FOOTBALLERS - BY ANDREW BROWN The wave of faith following the Bolton player's cardiac arrest is not as unlikely as you think – footballers pray from instinct Fabrice Muamba dropped on the pitch as if dead. The next thing that happened, after the paramedics reached him, was a member of the opposing team dropped on his knees to pray. No one jeered. There has been an outpouring of prayer requests on his behalf since then. There is a hashtag on Twitter: even the front page of the Sun says "God is in control ", quoting Muamba's fiancée. This isn't marginalised religion. In fact it is such a public demonstration of faith and prayer that it's hard to reconcile it with our normal worldview. So what's going on? Is it as simple as there are no atheists in intensive care? Football, like all elite sport, is a pretty superstitious business. The gap between success and failure can be measured in inches but its consequences in tens of millions of pounds; and the players are constantly pushing at the limits of their skill, so that without a little luck as well nothing can work. But if they worship anyone, it ought to by Tyche, the goddess of chance. English footballers are not recruited from the churchgoing classes – though African ones such as Muamba are much more likely to be Christian or even Muslim. You might say that some footballers also set themselves up as objects of worship. There is a Buddhist temple in Thailand with a statue of David Beckham among its other deities, and one premiership footballer is supposed to have a lifesize statue of himself, in golden fibreglass, to greet and overawe the visitors to his mansion. But there is a difference between a hero and a deity: deities are immortal and heroes die. The fate of even the most wonderful professional footballer is certain. He will grow old. Younger men, with half his skill and none of his cunning, will beat him to the ball. No, sportsmen can't really believe they are gods. So a surprising number of them find prayer entirely natural. "They pray from instinct, like the rest of us, unless we think we know better," said the Rev Owen Beamont, the chaplain to Millwall football club, when I asked him. It was surprising to see Gary Cahill, a Chelsea player who had spent two seasons alongside Muamba in another team, pull up his shirt to reveal a vest with "Pray 4 Muamba" underneath it after he had scored the day after the accident – but he was not punished, although it is normally an offence to display slogans like that. Nor was he mocked. Even a quick scan of the Twitter stream around that hashtag reveals only one racist Texan using it for mockery. One of the craziest bishops I ever knew once said to me, with relish: "There are no atheists in cancer wards." But that has not been my experience. I rang a couple of priest friends to ask if this kind of outburst of reverence was normal. None seemed to think it was inevitable. One of them said that she had, of course, come across cases of the opposite, in which deeply religious people seemed to lose their interest in God as death approached. "I have to see one woman who is so busy dying she doesn't have any time for anything else." This wasn't a loss of faith, she said. It was just a loss of interest. Perhaps the question of God becomes entirely theoretical when you know what the outcome will be. The time for prayer is before, or after the fact: in either case, when everything is uncertain, as it is now with Muamba. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2012/mar/19/fabrice-muamba-football-prayer-natural
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