I started this week giving you some insights from my experience at golf school. I have more...
4. Only when i affect my subconscience does real change happen. I thought at one point i was sitting in one of my counseling sessions. My instructor told me that being told the right way to swing will only enlighten your conscience thought -- you will still go out and make a wrong shot. However, after applying and practicing and do it over and over -- you can "retrain" (or we in Bibleland might say "renew") the mind! Wow is that incredible. That is why leaving a sunday sermon and immediately finding a away to do what you hear is so important. I once heard it take doing something "once a day for a week; once a week for a month, once a month for a year....to change a habit!"
5.Data, data, data....forget about your feeling! Again i felt like i was sitting in NewSong. So many golfers will say that "everyone has there own feel of the game, their own rhythm, their own way....NON SENSE! Pelz is a scienctist -- he worked for NASA. He has researched and documented all his finding. The man hired people to perch themselves up in a tree and count the number of footprints made on a green by a foursome during 18 holes of golf - 400,000! Even in golf where it might seem "style matters" -- it doesn't only the data you can determine. Even when it comes to yourself - we need data - he suggests that you go to a range and hit each club a number of times and write down how far each shot goes....thsi way you KNOW how far each club will actually go without guessing. I think in Christianity we like the "deo imagino" - the Imagination of God - the mysterious aspect of our faith. yet John tells us in 1 John 5 - "these things are written that you can KNOW....data! Living the Christian life is not guess work - it is a walk of faith, faith based on the Word of god.
6. You usually spend most of oouor prep time on that which we don't need to do.... This was the most fascinating. Pelz points out that in a normal round of golf - 25% of the shots are with your drivers or longer shots. 45% is on puttiing. Why is this important? Think of the last time that you told some time to practice golf -- not play a game -- what did you do - go to the driving range -- take out your drive and club the ball for an hour and then right before going out on the course you spent 5 minutes putting. Crazy right? the part of the game that you do the most gets the least amount of your attention. So it is with the Christian life.....what aspect of the Christian life do you need to work on - for me it is evangelism. What kind of time do you and I spend on the aspect of our faith Game that we need to work on the most -- my guess if it is like me -- it gets little bit of my time!
7. You either change or improve...or you are wasting your time. Pelz is big on feedback. Like in putting, every time you putt you should hold your finish till the ball stops rolling. Why? you will see where it lands and then look at your putter's position and whammo you know what you did wrong! If not you will never correct what you just did wrong! If you don't correct what is wrong -- why are you wasting your time!!! What a great point. As christians, if we are going to small groups, Bible studies, worship and classes, but not evaluating, not getting feedback and not looking at what went wrong -- you are wasting your time and the time of those serving and ministering to you!!
Thats all for know...check back in a few days!