As is pretty normal in my life. As my life goes, so goes my golf game. It’s pretty weird having such a hard game parallel your actual life. But one of the things I really like about golf is that it is so much like real life.
We all aim for the fairways of life. We step up to the tee box of opportunity and we envision ourselves safely in the fairway. But because of our dumb choices or just plain having the ball bounce the wrong way on us… We end up in the rough. Snarled by sins and with trees hopelessly between where we are and where we need to go. We are creative. But sometimes creativity makes matters worse and we end up lost or in the bushes of life.
I spend a lot of my walk with the Lord like I do on the golf course. Hoping for the fairway while looking for my ball in the long grass. Sometimes everything works out according to plan and I get a few pars and birdies while at other times it seems like the best I can muster is a bogey or double bogey. Just like my golf game… I am messy. I’m always looking at the glass half full… Knowing that it’s half empty. I wish I could quit that… But I can’t. It’s part of me, like a hook or a slice… It goes along with the game.
One thing that is decidely the same and different at the same time is improvement. Unlike golf, which offers no grace and only occasional forgiveness, I can rely on Christ to fill me and forgive me. He has given me many mulligans! I’ve had a lifetime of favorable bounces from the Lord. But, just like golf, I can practice and I can get better… Much better! While you can never “win life” you can live a life in the Lord.
OK, now the golf news
So today I finally broke my “birdie free” streak. I sunk a 6 foot putt on the 7th hole of the South course to get back to +1. I finished the day there. 2 bogies on both par 3s and the single birdie. I had about 3 other putts for birdie that I just couldn’t convert… So I’m real pleased with that. The long drives have helped overcome my bad approach shots. Today, my longest approach shot was from 155 yards. All-in-all… I am looking forward to my last night of leagues before the NI trip next Monday.
House hunt update
We’re pretty frustrated. The West Road house still hasn’t closed the deal. We’ve sent our second offer for the house. I’ve conceded a lot and the seller hasn’t conceded much. I have a feeling that we may be putting this on hold until I can get back from Northern Ireland in August. Since the market is slow here… Maybe this house will still be around.
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