Have you ever stopped and taken a few minutes to reflect on certain times in your life where you had to make a decision about something and the outcome of that decision? There have been many times in my life where the decisions I made were life-changing decisions. Some decisions probably kept me from being involved in a serious accident, while others may have kept me from going to jail. Along the way not all the decisions I made were good ones, but thankfully, more good ones were made than bad.

What got me thinking about some of my past decisions I’ve made was a short article I read about a young man named Doug Calhoun. He wasn’t a big basketball fan, matter of fact he had only attended two professional games in his life. He worked for five dollars an hour at an office supply store. The opportunity came up to go see the Chicago Bulls play basketball and have an opportunity to watch Michael Jordan play. So he made the decision to go watch the game in person instead of on TV. As he walked into Chicago Stadium, a woman who worked for the Bulls organization walked up to him and told him they were selecting him to take part in a promotional event during the game called “The Million Dollar Shot.”

The shot took place after a time out in the third quarter and if Calhoun could shoot a basket standing 79 feet away, which means from the free throw line on the opposite end of the court, he would win a million dollars. He could tell the team and the crowd were pulling for him so he let fly his shot. As soon as the basketball left his hands, Bulls Coach Phil Jackson said, “It’s good.” The ball sailed through the air and went through the basket with a swish. Naturally the crowd and the Bulls team went wild.

When Doug Calhoun went home that night he had only two dollars in his wallet, but he would receive fifty thousand dollars a year for the next twenty years of his life because of a decision he had made, obviously, a good decision. Sometimes one action, one decision, one moment in life can change everything for you. It’s kind of like when I made the decision to receive Christ into my life. That has to be the best decision I’ve ever made in my life. How about your decisions?