It was the first email I saw Sunday, April 13, 2025.
The headline read--
"Masters Sunday: Immortality Awaits"
As much as I love golf, I knew that wasn’t true.
Well, yes, a lot of golf history could be made that day: another possible three-time Masters winner in Scotty Scheffler, and, of course, the biggie of them all—a grand slam title for Rory McIlroy.
Yes, names could go down in the record books and on trophies but . . .
I was listening to commentators rattle off previous records and winners, and I knew many of the names and some of their stories, but some I knew only by name and others not at all. And I am sure that there are some previous winners that they never even mentioned during the course of the broadcast.
Immortality? In golf or any human achievement? It seems like a reality as we still know the names of those who have made great contributions to society and those who have achieved great successes. But the reality is that eventually, trophies and record books will cease to exist, and names will be forgotten.
Thankfully, once our name is in the Lamb’s Book of Life, not only will our name never be forgotten, but we will be immortal, for the one who created us and knows us intimately—not just our name but every hair on our head and every word and act that we have done—has claimed us for His own for all eternity.
And crowns will be given in heaven too--
The Victor’s Crown (The Imperishable Crown) (1 Corinthians 9:25)
The Crown of Rejoicing (1 Thessalonians 2:19)
The Crown of Righteousness (2 Timothy 4:8)
The Crown of Life (James 1:12)
The Crown of Glory (1 Peter 5:4)
And these crowns will never tarnish.
We are called to work hard and do our best, but as for the Lord, not men (Colossians 3:23), and if accolades come our way, well done. But we are also told to lay up our treasures in heaven “where neither moth nor rust destroys” (Matthew 6:19-21).
Immortality does indeed await, for all of those made new in Christ Jesus.
The headline read--
"Masters Sunday: Immortality Awaits"
As much as I love golf, I knew that wasn’t true.
Well, yes, a lot of golf history could be made that day: another possible three-time Masters winner in Scotty Scheffler, and, of course, the biggie of them all—a grand slam title for Rory McIlroy.
Yes, names could go down in the record books and on trophies but . . .
I was listening to commentators rattle off previous records and winners, and I knew many of the names and some of their stories, but some I knew only by name and others not at all. And I am sure that there are some previous winners that they never even mentioned during the course of the broadcast.
Immortality? In golf or any human achievement? It seems like a reality as we still know the names of those who have made great contributions to society and those who have achieved great successes. But the reality is that eventually, trophies and record books will cease to exist, and names will be forgotten.
Thankfully, once our name is in the Lamb’s Book of Life, not only will our name never be forgotten, but we will be immortal, for the one who created us and knows us intimately—not just our name but every hair on our head and every word and act that we have done—has claimed us for His own for all eternity.
And crowns will be given in heaven too--
The Victor’s Crown (The Imperishable Crown) (1 Corinthians 9:25)
The Crown of Rejoicing (1 Thessalonians 2:19)
The Crown of Righteousness (2 Timothy 4:8)
The Crown of Life (James 1:12)
The Crown of Glory (1 Peter 5:4)
And these crowns will never tarnish.
We are called to work hard and do our best, but as for the Lord, not men (Colossians 3:23), and if accolades come our way, well done. But we are also told to lay up our treasures in heaven “where neither moth nor rust destroys” (Matthew 6:19-21).
Immortality does indeed await, for all of those made new in Christ Jesus.
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