Golf Prayer
A golfer who was well into his golden years
had a lifelong ambition to play one hole at
Pebble Beach, California, the way the pros
do it. The pros drive the ball out over the
water onto the green that is on a spit of
land that just out off the coast.
It was something he had tried hundreds of
times without success. His ball always fell
short, into the water. Because of this he
never used a new ball on this particular hole.
He always picked out one that had a cut or
a nick.
One year he went out to Pebble Beach to try
again. When he came to the fateful hole, he
teed up an old cut ball and said a silent
prayer. Before he hit it, however, a powerful
voice from above said, "WAIT. REPLACE THAT
OLD BALL WITH A BRAND NEW BALL."
He complied, with some slight misgiving,
despite the fact that the Lord seemed to be
implying that He was going to let him finally
achieve his lifelong ambition.
As he stepped up to the tee once more, the
voice came down again, "WAIT. STEP BACK.
TAKE A PRACTICE SWING."
So he stepped back and took a practice swing.
The voice boomed out again:,"TAKE ANOTHER
PRACTICE SWING."
He did. Silence followed. Then the voice
spoke out again, "PUT THE OLD BALL BACK."
[ Author Unknown -- from 'Buffalos Chips' (buffalos-g-jokes.yahoogroups.com) ]
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