Growing up my Dad played golf every weekend. EVERY weekend. Even in the rain. It drove my Mom totally crazy. When he wasn’t on the course he was reading Golf Digest. Or browsing sites like http://www.myrtlebeachgolf.net
All of our vacations even revolved around golf. He would check out things like different Myrtle Beach golf packages . Don’t get me wrong, there are some beautiful resorts that have TONS to offer families but occasionally we would have liked to have planned a normal vacation that didn’t revolve around finding the best Myrtle Beach golf courses you have ever seen.
We always took vacations with other families…and the Dads in those families were always golfers too. So, the guys would plan out their day of golfing while the rest of us would go about our day as we pleased. Then at night, we all joined back up and ate supper together. That was a “family” vacation for us. One good thing about growing up with a Dad who lived on the golf course…I always got to drive the golf cart when I tagged along. Till I drove it into the lake. Yep. I did. You wanna know what he was the maddest about? His clubs getting wet. That is a golfer for ya.
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Ahhh, it is time for Wednesday Wisdoms and Miss Steph has decided to grace us with her presence this week!!
So i have been super busy with school these past two weeks (hence why the posts have been late, or non-existent). Sorry about that. I attend a Christian university–Lee University in Cleveland, TN. Therefore, we are required to take religion classes. I was reading the post about Tiger Woods and it reminded me of my class the other day. i am in a Christian Ethics class and we were talking about Tiger. My teacher pointed out that no man is better than the next.
This is very true. So often we sit and we talk about the mistakes or “bad things” someone has done. We condemn them for it and we begin to make assumptions or judgments based on the stories we have heard. In my life, I have tried so hard to make very clear to other people that I am no better than the next. In God’s eyes, all sin is equal. Whether it be a lie or a murder, they are both sin. We can not go around and say that “your sin is bigger than my sin.” It doesn’t work that way. Tiger Woods did make a mistake. But who hasn’t?? Really. Everyone has sinned equally and will all be judged in the same way. So think about it… How many times have you talked about what someone else has done and how horrible it is? Probably alot if not every day. You may not even realize it because its so commonplace. It has become a casualty. People have become so socialized and we make it “okay” to talk about others but never look at our own mistakes in the same manner.
Tiger Woods made a mistake. He has a family. But he has admitted to that and it is no one else’s right or business to decide how he should be treated. His job (golf) and his home life are two totally different realms. Until this happened no one within the golf world focused on his personal life. But now all of a sudden it has everything to do with? Negative. He should be left alone to deal with it his way. The situation is between him, his family, and God. No one else. So how will you choose to handle your situations from now on? Will you look at it as a time of growth and strengthening? Or will you ignore them and talk about someone else instead? The answer lies in your hands. Imagine if the next time someone was talking about someone else if you stood up for them. That could make a difference… You do it, then others do it, and so forth. So what is the ethical thing to do?
~Toodles.~
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