Putt Putt

July 7th, 2023

Over the past few years, our family has started a tradition of mini-golfing while on vacation. We love the challenge of putting the golf ball around obstacles, through tight spots, up and down hills, and if we are persistent into the hole.

You might know that we are a very competitive family and we have had to improvise in order to keep our vacations relaxing and not stressful.

So, in order to keep it fun, we play “best ball” on the putt-putt course. Each person partners up….and in order to keep it fair, we randomly select our teams.

As far as the game itself, we each have our good shots and then plenty of not-so-good shots.

If you have played mini-golf, you know how it feels to miss it badly…. it’s a feeling that is a combo of frustration and “hurry and play again in order to make it better” (I’ve named a new emotion 😊).

You also might know how it feels to get a hole-in-one…you know…you hit the ball and after it rolls a few seconds, you get a quick thought that it could be a hole-in-one…and then you doubt yourself…and then….

IT GOES IN!!!!!

And if you are like any of us….you jump…shout…and run to pick the ball out of the hole.

Then you pause for a few seconds to enjoy the moment.

The memory of a good putt is what gives me the desire and confidence to keep on playing.

This Sunday, I look forward to sharing the final sermon in our series from Galatians. We will be talking about the feeling you and I get when we sink a putt….this is a word that describes how we get “the confidence to keep going or to charge ahead.”

The particular word is “boast” and its found in Galatians 6:14, “But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Paul wrote this entire book to tell his close friends in Galatia who had reverted to finding confidence in religion that only the cross of Jesus gives us the confidence to charge ahead in life.

So what gives you the confidence to charge ahead in life? If it’s a hole-in-one….you really need to come on Sunday 😊.

I look forward to sharing more about boasting in Christ from Galatians 6:11-18, at 8:00, 9:15 (Full KidCity available), or 10:45 am (Full KidCity available), or you can watch the Livestream on YouTube (Like and Subscribe) or Facebook at 9:15 am. Additionally, we are also publishing our sermons on Spotify.

Have a great weekend and enjoy this cool weather,

Troy

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