Deacon's Diary

Deacon's Diary for Sunday-December, 20th

deaconlwg | December 27, 2009 05:07

Deacon's Diary is a weekly feature that appears on the back side of the bulletin at the First Baptist Church of Avalon, Texas.

Tiger by the tail?

The bigger they are the harder they fall. All of us have not only heard that saying before, but we have all seen it happen first hand more than once. It would appear that maybe the only thing that we as human beings enjoy more than building each other up is tearing each other down. Given the opportunity to do so, of course.


The latest example would be that of Mr. Tiger Woods. Just a short time ago he was at the top of his game and respected the world over. Tiger stood upon a man made pedestal as an example of good character and athletic excellence. It was thought by most everyone that he possessed a rare amount of self discipline that was seldom found in our society. He was, indeed, on top of his game. On top of the world. He had it all in the palm of his hand.


Until the great fall, that is. Like a big line of dominoes it all came crashing down on him in a very short amount of time. First one thing and then another. Now it seems that with each passing day something new is reported about his troubles. Who knows if or when his descent will end. One hard fall? Yep. You bet it is.


I bring all this up not to pick on Tiger Woods. I bring it up only to make a bigger point. Today's media does not need any help from me in knocking Tiger off of that pedestal that they put him on.


The point is that given the opportunity anyone can have a similar fall. The Bible tells us that our sins will be found out. Only those that walk the walk will escape a similar great fall like this one.


As far as I can tell, there has only been One that has managed to pull that off. Jesus Christ has passed the test of time. 2000 years and counting. It is a sure bet that there is no fall in store for Him!

 

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