Not to get religious or to push anything on anyone but this was just sent to me and related to golf and had a different slant to it...
Interesting....golf course affect even non golfers As a young lender, I helped finance a beautiful new private golf course called Shadow Glen. As a perk, I was invited to play the course before it opened publicly. No houses had been built yet, and it was nestled in a gorgeous remote setting. As I stood on a beautifully manicured fairway, I marveled as deer and squirrels frolicked nearby.
Seeing the excellence of man’s work on that golf course, interwoven with the marvel of God’s creation, left me breathless. Although I was not a believer at that point in my life, I recall an immediate respect and acknowledgement of God in my soul. I knew instinctively that there was a God, and that He had some pretty amazing talent.
As I carefully examined the design and features of that golf course, I also realized that the work of the men and women involved in that process was also a thing of beauty. Their God-given talent shone. Whether it was the groundskeeper who immaculately kept the grounds finely manicured, or the CFO who helped negotiate the funding, every person involved played a role in a creation of beauty that drew me a step closer to God that day.
In Genesis 1 we read the account of God creating the earth, the vegetation, the animals, and man. In verse 31 we read, “And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.”
Creative people in the workplace have always had my admiration. Although I do not always understand or appreciate the beauty that others create, that doesn’t take away from the fact that if done by using their God-given talents, it is very good in God’s sight. If you are using God’s gifts to create, whether it’s a painting, a golf course, or even a spreadsheet, your work is beautiful in God’s sight, and should be celebrated.