Frisbee Golf

On Monday, I went ot play frisbee golf or disc golf with some friends.  We have been playing a lot and since none of us are very good, we have lost some discs.  Frisbee golf is a really cheap sport, but you still hate losing your discs.  So we decided to look for some that other people have lost.  At this point I need to tell you that I have been playing at the Easterlin Course we were at for several years and I only found one disc in all that time.  That one disc was at the top of a tree and it took me 30 minutes to knock it out.

So as we are playing and looking for discs, we found one.  The disc had a name and number on it so we called.  The guy was very nice and we told him we would leave it at the front office. He said he would get it later today.  Then we found another disc with a name and number.  Called him and left it in the office.  We played the rest of the course, but didn’t find any more.

After the game, two of the guys deciced to wade in the water and look for discs.  They found one without a name and number so we got to keep that one.  And we found one more with a name and number.  This was my favorite call.  The disc belonged to a guy named Tim who is from Ohio and now lives in Florida.  Tim could not beleive that we had call him to give him his disc back.  He said people in Ohio do that all the time, but never down here.  Tim even invited me to play frisbee golf with him sometime.

What hit me about talking to Tim is that I did what God would want me to do.  Matthew 7:12 tell us to do to others as we would have them do to you.  The reason I was so quick to call Tim and the other guys is because people have called about discs that I lost.   When they call you feel so greatful and exited that they cared enough to call you.  So many times in our lives we forget that we should treat people the way we want to be treated.  Instead we want to be mean when we are upset or nasty if they do something to us.  God would tell you to stop and treat that person they way you want to be treated.  If someone offends you, we shouldn’t fly off the handle and let them have it.  We should think about how we would want to be treated in this situation, because there are times we have done that same thing.  When we say or do something that hurt’s someone we would want them to treat us as they would want to be treated. 

Imagine if you treated everyone the way you wanted to  be treated.  There would not be yelling and fighting because no one like to be yelled at.  No one likes to fight and be hurt.  So let us start to today to treat others how we want to be treated.  From opening a door to forgiving the person who cuts us off in traffic.