Changing the topic for the moment I have enjoyed the sport of Golf on several occasions of late and while I am horrible at it, often injuring myself, I always look forward to going back out. At this point I am considering getting a lesson or two so I can cut back on my rather powerful slice. In the interim though I have been trying little adjustments and reading golf tips to find out what I am missing, so far to no avail.
Aside from the joys of seeing a well designed course with carpet like grass on a gorgeous afternoon their are lots of things I think about when I golf. For instance I think about how hard it is for us to design, dig up, re-plant, and maintain such a beautifully landscaped course while it only took God one day to throw together all the earth. I think about how hard it is to strike a dimpled ball with a club face and send it flying straight and true down the course. It seems so simple on paper, but the systems and creations He put around us to work within are so hard for us to master, in fact it is impossible for us to master. I think about the wind when I hit. How it will affect my shot (as if I can produce anything but a slice these days) and then I realize that the wind I am straining to understand on the confinement of this little course is but a small fraction of the movement of the winds over the earth. Makes me smile and chuckle as I rack my brain and strain my muscles to hit through a stiff breeze. This is just a passing thought on those things that we often overlook. How we are so often focused on self glorification or gratification that we miss the greater picture and then wonder why we don't have a better appreciation for God works.
Really, we are the focus of creation but we are no less a creation ourselves. It is humbling and appropriate to remember these things and our true place in the world.
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