Golf

Faith is like a game of golf. People go through a different course with their faith. All are different in ways but same in others. Some times the course of faith goes left and right other times it is a straight shot. Every so often you have ups and downs. But the most import part of faith is the fact that no one can play it the same way as you.

So if you don’t golf then you probably didn’t get any of those stupid puns in there. While I was writing it I was just trying to make up stuff but then I was like wow this is actually really true. And now I will think about how golf is like faith all the time.

People go through a different course with their faith. This means that everyone’s “course” is different from the person next to them. Some people start their faith really young while others start older. Some go through rough patches before finding God. Every golf course is very different I have not seen any that are even close to each other.

Some times the course of faith goes left and right other times it is a straight shot. This in faith is when something “turns” for the worse or the best. So like if a relative dies suddenly and you have to question your faith. On coursed many of the holes are straight but then there are many that turn to the left or right.

Every so often you have ups and downs. These are the good and bad parts of your faith. When something fails and you question God or those moments were you find Him again. In golf an up and down in a chip and a putt. Many times you have many ups or many downs but over all they usually even out. But in golf you want to have fewer downs because putts take up so many strokes.

But the most import part of faith is the fact that no one can play it the same way as you. Even if the course you are on is very similar no two people can play it the same way. So this is like the fact that so many people are Lutheran but no one has the exact same way of getting there. Some people may end up in the rough a lot more then others. Some people my get to the final goal of their faith a lot faster then others.

So this made up little thing I just did will stick with me when I’m golfing this season. But the key to me is that No one is the same with their faith so just understand that even if you disagree it is ok and no one is more right then others.