When No One Was Looking

First, thank you to all who came to our Team Time Out! The pies were delicious and even more fun when they ended up on a few choice faces!

Now, check out this story about a pro-golfer who sacrificed his career to choose the high road!

"J.P. Hayes is as honest as we like to think we are"
By Jay Busbee

"The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching. John Wooden said that, or maybe it was Spider-Man. Whatever, it still holds true; being noble and upstanding is easy enough when you've got people watching, but when you're alone with yourself, when you could do the wrong thing (or avoid the right thing) and get away with it, well -- that's when you find out what kind of person you are.

By that standard, then, J.P. Hayes is among the best that sports has to offer. He played a nonconforming ball for a single hole of the second stage of Q School last weekend. He realized it more than a day after the "violation," called it on himself, and thus disqualified himself from Q School ... with some severe, career-altering effects down the line." Read the rest of the story.

I love hearing about inspiring, real-life heroes who choose to do the right thing. I know nothing about golf, but I can comprehend what he gave up in order to be honest and keep his integrity. And from what the article says, no one would have been the wiser about his mistake. I don’t know if J.P. Hayes is a Christian or not, but I imagine that God had a huge smile on His face when J.P. came clean...even when no one else was looking.

I hope that if I'm ever confronted with a similar choice, I follow J.P.'s lead!

"Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a good conscience, desiring to conduct ourselves honorably in all things." Hebrews 13:18

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