Life is like Golf

In the golfing world, yesterday may have been one of the most exciting and long awaited days in the sports history. "The Masters" golf tournament is the most prestigious championships in all of golf, but no more important than to the man that won it. As he walked up the eightieth fairway, I couldn't help but wonder what was going through his mind. You see, Phil Mickelson was known as the best golfer in the world who never won a major championship. In forty-seven tries he placed in the top ten eight times and three of them were previously placing third in The Masters, yet he never could win the big one. He developed a reputation of choking in the last rounds never able to finish on top of the leaderboard.

So yesterday, as he walked up to the green of the eightieth hole tied for the lead and a twenty foot putt to win the tournament, you could say he had the weight of the golf world on his shoulders. "Something was different today," he said in an interview after the round, and you could see that in his face as he walked up that long fairway. He smiled as he relished that moment in what normally would be a stress filled frown. "I just knew it was my day." he said. Can you imagine the hunger, the thirst for victory Phil had to have at that moment, yet at the same time fighting the feelings of fear and the haunting times of failure down deep inside? But "this was my day," he said.

One of the last things Jesus said that most of us look over was "I thirst". I think we would have reacted just like the Roman soldiers did as they raised a rag filled with water and vinegar to Jesus' month. Did Jesus thirst for water for his physical body or did he thirst for the father even in his time of death? In his time of defeat with the weight of the world on his shoulders I believe the symbolism was Jesus was still hungry to serve. He thirsted not for water as we see it, but for the living water that his heavenly father could only give.

All of us have had failures and we have all walked down that lonely fairway of life not knowing if we would win or lose. But what brought Phil Michelson to that moment in time was not the many tournaments that he won in the past, but those that eluded him. Phil could have chosen this weekend to just say here I go again, and dwell on what could have been, yet he didn't, "today is my day" he thought. It's not about last week's tournament or yesterdays failures, but about this shot in life we have right in front of us. You see we can allow our failures in life and the weight of the world to do us in or we can just say, "Today is my day."

What are you doing today as you walk down your fairway of life? Are you hungry for God's blessings in your life? Or are you carrying the weight of your past with you each and every shot. In life as in the game of golf, it's not about your last shot it's about forgetting it and looking forward to the next. The question is, "Do you thirst enough?"

Greg Ryan is a best selling author of the Changing from the INSIDE OUT series. A powerful five step plan to better your life, get healthier, and have more energy! For FREE mini Course click here! http://www.resolutions.bz

In The News:


pen paper and inkwell


cat break through


Whats Up With the Bad Reading?

A lot of times when I am reading people on... Read More

Intuition

Did you ever get a feeling or gain notion of... Read More

Living Your Noble Purpose

"A common jar of clay can never become a noble... Read More

The S Word

We all sin. To avoid using the "s" word, we... Read More

Go Beyond - You Are Your Own Best Friend, So Start Liking Yourself!

A year ago, a beautiful woman came to see me.... Read More

The Key to a Clear Conscience

I have discovered as I grow older in Christ Jesus... Read More

The Woodstock Effect: And Weve Got to Get Ourselves Back to the Garden

Woodstock, the watershed event for a generation, had a far... Read More

Becoming Enlightened

Enlightenment, which is as varied as each individual's fingerprint, is... Read More

Going Where Youve Never Gone Before

One of the first issues people on the spiritual path... Read More

Getting to Spiritual Enlightenment

The expression "Spiritual Enlightenment" has been used often in reference... Read More

Remote Viewing - Making Light of the Dark

Even Pandora and her box come in two versions. In... Read More

He?s Jesus!

For we do not have a high priest who is... Read More

Servants of the Antichrist

The "Left Behind" series is inspiring, in that it makes... Read More

Creating Your Soul-Centered Community

Imagine for a moment. It's Tuesday night about 7pm. You... Read More

How Does God See You?

How does God see you? Does He like what He... Read More

To Praise Him is to Love Him; to Love Him is to Obey His Commands

Some say praising Jesus is just singing. Others say it... Read More

What Does God Want From Me? A Personal Revelation of Conviction Verses Condemnation

It's strange how my life today looks wildly different from... Read More

Preparing For Enlightenment

Enlightenment can come in an instant or it may take... Read More

Angel to Angel

Years ago, my minister spoke to us about how you... Read More

Stress Strategy: Flex Your Spiritual Muscles

In his book, Stress Without Distress, Dr. Selye suggests that... Read More

You May Be A Ghost-Host

... Read More

Love vs. Fear - Volume 18

Breaking with tradition, today's article comes from the 9-23-04 edition... Read More

Heart Matters-- What Matters Most

With excitement and anticipation I jumped on a plane last... Read More

A Broken and Contrite Heart

"The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken... Read More

The Centre of Our Existence!

Most of us have heard talk or have read something... Read More

The Truth of Reactions

In my life, I have tried... Read More

A Scary Thought For Some...

What could be a scary thought for some? How bout'... Read More

Overcoming Burn Out

Burn out, it can happen to anyone. Some of the... Read More

The Power of Love

"There must be a higher love/Without it life is wasted... Read More

The 5 Elemental Codes: Seeing Your World Through the Eyes of Universal Understanding (Part 1)

This article is the 1st part of an open response... Read More

If You Want Healing Step Out of the Boat

Did you happen to see the made-for-tv movie, "Jesus," that... Read More

Seeking the Sacred

People have always sought the sacred. It is the Divine... Read More

Sing Psalms, Let Joy Resound: A Case For Exclusive Psalmody

Ephesians 4:4-6 indicates that Christians ought to practice one single... Read More