Ten seconds. That’s all it took for a blessing to arrive. It happened two nights ago in Alabaster, Alabama. It arrived just in time to make for a moment that two teenagers would take with them forever.The Evangel Christian Lightning and the Ezekiel Academy Knights are big rivals. The boys basketball teams sport good kids with bright futures.There’s not a lot of talking when the teams face off in basketball. After all, young basketball players are competitive, even on the small, private school level.Senior Harrison Hobbs injured his ankle a few weeks back. The Evangel Christian guard knew his basketball career was all but over, as he was ruled out the rest of the season. It’s unlikely that Harrison will play basketball at the next level so that injury really hurt. It hurt his heart the most.Senior Gabriel Coon works so hard. The Ezekiel Academy guard is a double amputee, but his motor is strong and his will is true. Still, Gabriel doesn’t see much action, so he knew Friday night’s game was the last of his career. Gabriel’s heart hurt, too.Ten seconds. That’s all it took for a blessing to arrive.With less than a minute left in the game, Evangel Christian had a 62-36 lead over the visitors from Montgomery, Alabama. The game was all but over, but the amazement was about to begin. Coaches Hagan Joiner and Reid Phaturos huddled with the officials. “Can we put Harrison and Gabriel into the game as the seconds tick down?” they asked. The coaches figured that Harrison and Gabriel deserved to get into the last game of their careers for just a few seconds. Wouldn’t you know it? Harrison and Gabriel wound up guarding one another.His heavy boot slowing him, Harrison tried his best to fund an empty spot on the floor. The clock ticked to under ten seconds when the pass arrived at the baseline. And there it flew with ten seconds left in the game, ten seconds left in Harrison’s career. Nothing but net from three-point land.The clock ticked under ten seconds as visiting Ezekiel took the ball out of bounds. Gabriel did his best to make his way down the court, his prostheses cooperating as best they could. Five seconds left in Gabriel’s career… four… three… two… one… Nothing but net from three-point land.As the buzzer sounded, the blessing arrived. There at midcourt, they cheered and hugged and encouraged. Players from arch-rival teams offer one another cheers and high fives and hugs. Forgetting a moment the score of the game, but rather soaking in a moment of a lifetime.Ten seconds.That’s all it took for the blessing to arrive.Harrison Hobbs and Gabriel Coon made three-pointers on the last attempts of their careers.Isn’t it interesting how that happened?Isn’t it awesome?