We were again pleased to be involved with the Grace Church Golf Day at Falkirk Tryst, and with over 40 attendees this is always a well-supported event. Although I was not speaking at this event I was happy to help Ewan Forgie run the day and was looking forward to hearing Minister David Randle share his message. The only problem seemed to be the weather which looked ominous from 1 pm onwards.
When I got to Falkirk I rechecked the Met Office website and there didn’t seem to be a change in the forecast, but I went to the toilet to quietly repeat the prayer I said when I got up that morning.
I didn’t think it was too much to ask for the weather to be held back so the day could finish without everyone getting soaked through. This would later be confirmed.
During my duties as the starter, I was able to share a similar story of how our ProAm at Archerfield in 2018 was scheduled to have poor weather most of that day until a prayer was offered up. It was quite something to see a huge circle of clear sky surrounding the venue for most of the day and then rain only to drop as the last putts were made. It’s hard to believe that was almost 6 years ago.
I also spoke to some of the guys about the ministry going forward and how we are more about trying to spread the truth and what’s real rather than something religious.
A great example was offered that all we can do is plant the seed and trust the growth will come even if we don’t see it first-hand. So often we want to see the growth and fruition but that may be up to someone else to cultivate.
Once everyone was out on the course I ventured out to the 12th hole to see each group and didn’t take an umbrella.
As I stood and checked the forecast the rain that was due to come in had gone, or as I prefer to think was held back. It was pleasing to know everyone would stay dry for the rest of the day.
After a nice meal and prizegiving, David Randall rounded off the day with a good gospel message about how we need Jesus to keep us right.
He related this to Scottie Sheffler’s Christian faith and how Golf is not the most important thing in his life, it’s just something he does.
Too often we think our career success defines us but knowing who we are inside and how we do it matters more.
A nice touch to the day was a very generous donation from Wilson Forgie, Ewan’s son, which not only covered the prizes but left a nice amount to support further ministry work for Logos Golf Ministries, Scotland.
Everything helps no matter how large or small and I got to personally thank him earlier that day.
We keep going, and next up is The Deer Park Masters this week.
I look forward to meeting some new faces
Vincent Brown, PGA Professional and Logos Golf Ministries Ambassador to the Tartan Tour