The Golfing Preacher
There was this preacher who was an avid golfer.
Every chance he could get, he could be found on
the golf course swinging away. It was an obsession.
One Sunday was a picture perfect day for golfing.
The sun was out, no clouds in the sky, and the
temperature was just right. The preacher was in
a quandary as to what to do, and shortly, the urge
to play golf overcame him. He called an assistant
to tell him that he was sick and could not do
church, packed the car up, and drove three hours
to a golf course where no one would recognize him.
Happily, he began to play the course.
An angel up above was watching the preacher and
was quite perturbed. He went to the Lord and said,
"Look at the preacher. He should be punished for
what he is doing." The Lord nodded in agreement.
The preacher teed up on the first hole. He swung
at the ball, and it sailed effortlessly through
the air and landed right in the cup three hundred
and fifty yards away. A picture perfect
hole-in-one. He was amazed and excited.
The angel was a little shocked. He turned to The
Lord and said, "Begging Your pardon, but I thought
you were going to punish him."
The Lord smiled.
"Think about it -- who can he tell?"
The song "In the Garden" featured on "Hopes,
Dreams and Meditations" by Margi Harrell.
