In life we face tests or challenges that might test our faith just like the British Open might test a golfer. During our mortal journey we must stay on the strait and narrow path that our Father in Heaven has set for us. Sometimes we make a mistake or hit a shot into the rough that drags us down. We also could make a more serious mistake that would lead us to times of sorrow. Similar to golf we could hit a ball into the water or out of bounds. In golf when you make those mistakes you have a penalty that comes along with it.
Sometimes the mistakes we make in life have penalties or consequences associated with them. Those mistakes can bring us down or make us feel sorrowful, but because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ we have the opportunity to be cleansed and forgiven of our mistakes through repentance. When we truly repent we turn away from our mistakes and turn to God. Through the Atonement we can be forgiven and have a fresh clean slate. Its kind of the same with golf we might have a bad hole that we make a couple of mistakes. After that hole we may have the tendency of feeling all is lost, but that is incorrect. We have another hole to prove we can play better. We can forget about our mistakes on the previous hole and have determination to succeed on the hole we are currently on. We must be focused on what lies ahead of us not the mistakes that we have previously made. If a golfer in the British Open is able to put past holes behind him he is more likely to succeed and have a successful round of golf.
It is amazing to me how everything in the gospel of Jesus Christ can be compared to life experiences. The Atonement of Jesus Christ is real! Just as in golf we may make mistakes,but we always have the opportunity to look forward.
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