Hello ,
Hoagy Carmichael, the story goes, once decided to take up golf. Lessons
were arranged with an instructor. At the first session Carmichael was patiently shown the basics of the game: how to hold the club, How to stand, how to swing, etc.
Finally, after a half hour of this, the instructor felt Carmichael was ready to drive a few toward the first hole. The ball was teed up. Hoagy stepped up to it, swung, then watched the ball sail down the fairway, bound onto the green and
roll into the cup--a hole in one!
The instructor was dumbfounded. Hoagy flipped the club to a caddy with a jaunty motion, then turned to the still speechless instructor. "OK," he said casually, "I think I've got the idea now."
I had to chuckle when I read this story, because we humans often make
judgment calls based on what we see or experience, and not necessarily on facts. The real trouble begins when we think that we can do that with other people. People go deeper than that, and we have to ask God to help us to see others as He sees them.
May God help each of us to truly embrace others in Christlike ways today.
Have a great day and God bless!
