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God and Golf

June 16, 2008 |

I got to watch the 16th, 17th & 18th holes today of the U.S. Open playoff and then the one hole of sudden death.

Come on, let’s admit it.  We all knew that Tiger was going to win it.  We just knew.

But what does Rocco Mediate get out of it?  He played toe-to-toe with the best player to ever play the game of golf; and he did it for 91 holes before he finally blinked one too many times.

God intended for something to come out of this experience for him and/or for Tiger and/or for us.  But what?

I love the game of golf because it’s just me and God out there on the course.  Will he hold my swing together, will he hold my mind together, will he hold my will together?  Every shot is dictated by how well I do at putting together every physical and mental skill that God has given to me.  Doing my best and seeing if it’s good enough to tame the course, to tame myself.

Tonight, Rocco has every reason to believe that he left everything God gave him on the links of Torrey Pines.  He did everything he was supposed to do.  He just got beat by someone who did everything he was supposed to do.

God never guarantees us first place, no matter how closely we follow his will.  What he promises is that he will give us enough to finish the race and that is good enough for him.

And it should be good enough for us. 


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