by John Zienkosky

Created on: March 26, 2009   Last Updated: March 28, 2009

Jesus, Moses and an old man are playing golf. They are standing at the tee surrounded by large trees as is the green 550 yards away. Between them and the green is a large lake. It's a beautiful day in Heaven. The sky is a perfect blue and the birds are singing. There is little to no breeze and it's a straight shot to the pin. Moses has the honors and so he tees up his ball and selects a 3 wood. Moses addresses the ball and settles down to hit. He pulls a high backswing and powers through the ball with a perfect strike. The ball is screaming through the air, sizzling and roaring down the fairway. Despite the powerful hit though, the ball begins to fall toward the lake. Moses sees this and raises both hands and the club. Just as the ball is about to hit the water the lake parts and the ball hits dry ground, rolls up on to the green, hits the pin and goes in the hole.

Jesus says, "Nice shot Moses." The old man says nothing. Now it's Jesus' turn and he tees the ball up and selects a 2 iron. He addresses the ball and settles in. Jesus' swing is magnificent and the ball rockets off the tee. The air is not only sizzling from the hit but the ball is beginning to smoke. In spite of this powerful hit however, Jesus' ball also begins to fall toward the lake. Jesus' eyes seem to light for a second and the ball hits the water and skips across it, rolls up on the green, hits the pin and goes in the hole. Moses says, "Nice shot, Jesus." The old man still says nothing. And now it's the old man's turn and he shuffles slowly and painfully to the tee box. Without bending over he drops his ball on the ground and selects a pitching wedge from his bag. Jesus and Moses look at one another. The old man addresses the ball and settles in. His backswing barely clears his shoulders and when he swings through its nice and easy.

The ball pops straight up into the air. At that very second a squirrel jumping from one tree to the next suddenly found the ball lodged in its mouth. Then, an eagle flew down from the sky and grabbed the squirrel by the scruff of the neck. Off they flew down the fairway towards the hole. When the eagle had cleared the water and was near the green a bolt of lightning out of a clear blue sky hit the eagle, he dropped the squirrel, the squirrel screamed, the ball fell out of the squirrel's mouth, hit a stump, rolled across the green, hit the pin and went in the hole. Jesus looked at the old man and said, "Nice shot, Dad."

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