It is with humility that I approach a green
For my woeful putting is the worst you’ve ever seen!
Golf can really mirror life with all it’s ups and downs
Brief times for exultation but also lots of frowns.
You have to look ahead to see where you want to go
But as with life, if plans will work, you really do not know!
You have the best intentions but you do not have the skill
For sticking to the fairway and avoiding every ill!
Sometimes you are bunkered, and sometimes in the trees,
With not a chance of getting out, despite your earnest pleas!
Sometimes it’s unplayable or lands in ditch or lake
And then there is a penalty that you just have to take!
You can hit it out of bounds and have to play again
And hopefully you’ll get it right or it is such a pain!
There is a price you have to pay for getting things so wrong
But sometimes everything goes right and you can sing a song!
The parallels with life are clear we sometimes lose our way
And end up in some trouble for which we have to pay.
At times we hit rock bottom and have to start from there
Then there is the pain and grief we often have to bear.
Luckily we have a friend who’s with us on our path
And He can give us comfort in the aftermath.
God is ever faithful like the perfect golfing mate
He doesn’t leave us in the mire or leave us to our fate
He is in there with us looking for the ball
And when we are in danger He’s the one who gives the call.
He’s the one encouraging in everything we do.
And in the end it’s really Him that helps us safely through!
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