Are You In God's Picture?

“You won’t be included in the team picture,” my coach told me.I thought to myself, “How could he do this? Had I done something wrong? Made a bad decision? Been careless? Was I not trying?” Each day I practiced my golf game and worked hard to improve. I tried my best. But my performance was not good enough.There were thirteen of us on the college golf team, but only five of the guys were able to travel to tournaments each week. I started out as one of the five guys. Even if I didn’t play great in the tournaments, I had peace that I was good enough to be part of the traveling team while eight of the lesser players were left home. But over time my game struggled. Eventually my performance dropped me out of the five guys that traveled each week. I thought when it was time to take the team picture I would be included in it. I could enjoy some peace knowing I was still part of the thirteen-guy team even if I wasn’t part of the five guys that traveled to tournaments.But I wasn’t. Why? My perf