Continuing my previous post about lessons for life from golf, there is yet another one i wish to talk about.
One day i was elated. had finished playing six holes and not lost a single ball. O boy, wait till my kids hear this!!
As i teed off on the 7th, it was draw shot and the ball went into the woods to the left. A second try produced the same result. Why can't i have a good day?!! Why does God heap misery on me only? I felt discriminated.
Feeling let down, i, along with the caddy went into the thicket. A few minutes and a couple of scratches later (thanks to the overhanging thorny branches), i was ready to give up. Even the permitted 'five minutes' of search were running out. And voila! what do i see. Two balls lying side by side on a thick pile of leaves. They were not the ones i had hit. But they were there alright. God giveth what he taketh away.
But more than the joy of finding the balls was the joy that God is not discriminating against me. He treats others just as well or badly.
In fact i consider myself fortunate that God has been very kind to me in life. Along with adversities he has always given me the courage to deal with them. And whenever he felt that i was wavering in my resolve to fight, he made things that much easier by sending a good samaritan along. Some help from an unexpected quarter. This would put me back on track to fight.
This incidence at golf taught me to have a deeper faith in God.
Monday, February 23, 2009
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