[blurred] perspective

*cornholio - (korn-hole-ey-o) noun. - the act of one player throwing 4 consecutive ringers in a game of cornhole while in the duration of a single round.


i'm a huge fan of cornhole. every time my family gets together for a barbecue or a birthday or a holiday, it doesn't matter the reason, we always seem to break out the cornhole boards and go at it....

well today was easter. and my family gets together to celebrate.

so needless to say, we did work..

or rather, me and my teammate. after a few pretty good games, our team caught fire and was throwing lights-out. i'm talking, we couldn't miss the board if we tried (well... in our eyes anyway). so we're playing this pretty intense game on this beautiful afternoon when i notice those great massive georgia pines began to cast shade on the board that i had been tossing to. meanwhile, the beginning of a gorgeous sunset had just started to glisten between the trees and the mixture of mother nature's elements made it tough to see my target. at this point, i had outright landed three straight ringers and was ready to launch my final bag for a stellar cornholio* and seal victory for our team. everything felt right; i threw the bag, watched it fly, waited for that faithful "thud", and squinted to see where it slid...

i paused.

then i grinned.

continued to wait.

then i squinted my focus on the shadowy, gleaming board.

cautiously smiled.

and was just about to give a tiger woods victory-fist-pump when i heard my teammate gasp with an "agghh, dude! so close!"

"what!? so close? what do you mean close? that went in! that had to go in," i thought. but as i walked a few feet to my right and bent down to get a different view, sure enough, way off! i wasn't even in the ballpark! i mean everything looked so right, it even felt right! but wow did i miss the mark! and i didn't even realize it until i changed my perspective. from where i was, with all the distractions, it felt golden!

isn't that how life is sometimes? i mean things can seem like they're going smoothly, everything seems so right and it can even feel right, but those closest to you can see how far off you really are? and as soon as you can take a step back and honestly look at the situation, when you change your perspective, you can see clearly what's going on.

sometimes, when we get so caught up in life, when we're so focused on our schedules and relationships and school and work and whatever else rocks our world, we need to take a moment to step back and change our perspective to see what's really going on. to see where we are in relation to the goal. to see if we've missed the mark completely and need to get things right. maybe we even need to consult those who are closest to us, those who care, and get their take on the situation. when so much is going on, when life is throwing out all these obstacles to blur the vision of our ultimate goal, Jesus Christ, its time to change our perspective and get things right.

missed the mark,
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