October 2011
what a wonderful change....
just three simple days at Shadow Lake and everything is new again... what a wonderful change...not the least of which was discovering another season... I have named it "Apres Foliage"...
the translation...
This is Philip's attempt to translate what TAS said... part of what I have been trying to communicate... he used the scripture: "I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel." (Galatians 2:2 NIV)
T. Austin Sparks
We have come to simply and affectionately refer to him as TAS... T. Austin Sparks (1888-1971). His writings have greatly impacted our lives. He was British. Lived in a time I neither know... or understand.
He was almost 50 before I was born. He was 80 years old when I met the Lord. He speaks with words I barely understand. I need to read with a dictionary and try to relate to a way of communicating I do not even recognize...
a legend in my own mind... :)
Remember when I said this..."What if".... the important thing was why we do what we do...? Remember that?....
just when I thought it was safe to go back in the water...
I had experienced a real freedom for several days after apologizing to the starter... no more complaining about slow play... no feelings of superiority... just enjoying the golf and the people... until..... it happened....
never over till it's over.... :)
What if it's not really true... you know ... that stuff I was taught... the things I was told by the folks who know these things... you know... the answerman folks.... those professionals who have all the answers to everything....... what if that stuff was actually a lie...
... the process
so.... after finally getting to tee off on that memorable day.... I spent the next couple of hours trying to hit golf balls and talking to the Lord about all my complaining and attempts at manipulating... before getting to the real issue...
...it continues
My golf game continues to disintegrate... I think I will just blame it on our foliage season here at the B&B.... I'm probably just plain tired out and my little old body is refusing to do what I am telling it to do... we'll see...
the adjustment is made...
So here's how that went down... the adjustment... it was the day of the Super Seniors Championship at Copley Country Club... I had been playing the best golf of my life... the past 3 years I had finished first or second....runner up last year.... won it outright the year before... and was runner up the year before that... boy was I ever confident... I was top gun... I was the best of the rest... it was my year to win again...
so...what does it look like?
I can give illustration after illustration about what this looks like... about how this works in the nitty gritty of daily life... you see...it has to do with those what's and why's in my life... rather than the actual circumstances... it can be at work... at home... out and about... doesn't matter... we are talking here about Philip's "natural man" and...
