Two Holes-in-One

This was from last year. This is one lucky teen: 

Three weeks after making a double eagle, Phillips, who just started his junior year of high school, had made his first hole-in-one.

The odds of a golfer making two aces in one round, according to Golf Digest's Dean Knuth, are one in 64 million, not that Phillips was aware of that when he pulled out his 9-iron and teed up the same Slazenger No. 1 on the 160-yard 16th hole.

"It was really windy, in my face, but I said, 'The heck with it, I'm going to go ahead and hit the 9-iron again," Phillips said. "There was no doubt about this one -- we saw it go in. It took one bounce, then sat down and rolled once to the left and went in."

Why am I blogging about a back to back hole-in-one from last year? Why have I tagged it as a Bible subject? It illustrates an important concept.

We humans love to make patterns where there are no patterns. Thus the late Jerry Falwell blamed the 9-11 disaster on gays in America. He saw a pattern where none existed. This is not to say that God might not be stepping back from any protection He may have given in the past. Nor is it impossible that God might intervene in history. He has done it before. But the words of Jesus tell us how to look at "bad luck" in Luke13:

1 Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2 Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? 3 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. 4 Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem?5 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”

Yes sooner or later we will all perish. Are we ready for that time?

Odd things happen. Do not read into these events more than you should.