Move Closer

I love to play golf. When I was younger I was pretty good, not PGA, or even club champion but I had some game. A couple of years ago a friend of mine helped me with my set up and pre shot routine to help me get started right. Things went well for a while. But lately I’ve been having some consistency problems. OK when I stand over the ball I have no idea where it’s going. About a month ago I was standing over the ball, and the thought crossed my mind. I’m standing to far away, I ignored that thought and swung away and promptly forgot everything that just crossed my mind. Yea you guessed it my problems kept on. Two weeks ago I was hitting some balls on the range, and we had a little contest to see who could hit the ball farther. I stepped up to the ball and totally creamed the ball it went a country mile, not true it went about 100 yards and took a hard left. Oh yea it stayed about 2 feet of the ground, instead of coming off the club and rising to a beautiful height then falling back to earth about 300 yards from where I hit it. One of the guys there said to me you’re standing to far away move closed to the ball. I instantly remembered that thought form a month ago and knew he was right.

As I thought of that later I was reminded of the times that God had said something to me and I ignored him. I knew that God was talking to me, and didn’t pay attention. In the bible John 10:27 says My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I didn’t pay attention and paid the price, I kept making the same mistakes over and over again. As I’ve gotten older I keep learning from my mistakes and try not to make the same mistakes. The man who wrote the song Amazing Grace was a captain of a slave ship and the story goes that as he was passing a church service he heard the music went in and asked God to forgive him of his sins and to come into his heart. His name was John Newton, he said one time “I am a horrible sinner, fortunately my God is a greater savior”. He forgave me of my sin and he will for you to.