Messi

The supersize cut out of our hero towards the east gate of our Vallarpadam Church

Thank you God for Blessing Leonl Messi to reach the peak of his talents and granting him victory at the FIFA World Cup. 

Long ago his country men won our hearts when they won the World Cup and one of them established himself as the greatest player of all times. He was hardly 26 of years of age when he became the hero of millions around the world winning fans for Football and FIFA. Yet, there was no consolation when our hero fell from grace and even got banned for the use of drugs from the 1994 World Cup when his team was pretty well poised after half way through the tournament. Our hearts were broken but we loved the guy for his sheer brilliance and the love of the game from his better days. 

Then from the ashes of the ruin of our hero arose a boy who was prophesied to win the world cup. We looked at him in awe as he grew in stature and mastery of the game. He won everything for the club in Europe he was playing for and became the hero he was destined to be. But he failed in every attempt to win the Cups and highest honour for his country in that blue and white stripes, the honour that mattered the most. Naturally, he became the joke of the world, talked about in contempt by his own countrymen even our now retired hero. 

Inspite of the humiliating circumstances the young man kept his heart and worked on his God given talents without saying or doing anything to destroy it. At the age when most of his contemporaries have either retired or had no more wind in them to kick a ball he came back with a young team who bonded and united under him as a team coached by a brilliant man who was a player himself.

Thank you God for blessing us with a Hero like Leonl Messi, thank you for giving us the opportunity to witness him peaking at the top of his talents and becoming victorious. We pray, God, help us too to do well with the talents you have blessed all of us with and become successful.