Day 39 -kids

 Did you see this the other day?  https://fb.watch/yU1_xHu6EZ/

There was something so delightful about the whole thing.  Firstly all the golfers had their kids with them and all the kids were wearing jumpsuits with their Dad's name on the back.  All the kids got a chance to do a bit of putting on the greens = and some of the older ones were clearly pretty good already.  But Rory McIlroy's little girl, Poppy, is only 4.  When she hits the ball it barely looks as though it is moving at all. But it must be on a bit of a slope because it picks up speed.  Scotty Scheffler is Rory's main rival in the Masters championship but here he is totally invested in Poppy getting the ball in - and when it does he is more excited than either Poppy or her Dad.  All of this is just wholesome and good.

This is how God wants the world to work.  He wants all His kids to be clothed in jumpsuits with His name on the back.  He wants us to be involved in what He does for a day job.  We get to go along with Him and we get to join in.  He also wants us to celebrate each others victories and take genuine delight in the small wins and the big triumphs.  There is something here about the joy of the ball going in - not only because that's what golf is all about, but because it allows the adults to genuinely celebrate the child and the child to feel the glow of the achievement. Watching it we can all feel the joy through the screen, its such a universal feeling.  God is in everything that is truly joyful. He is the source of all joy.  Im really glad someone filmed the golf kids this week.  It made me happy.



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