Success ‘with’ God
AWC drops to 1-6 on the season
Amagnificent work of help that gave hope is historically recorded in the Bible,
Luke 17:11-19. Traveling through the area of Samaria and Galilee
Jesus was approached by 10 men who were lepers. They kept a distance and shouted to Jesus, “Have mercy…heal us.” Jesus stopped, looked and instructed them how to be healed. Following Jesus’ directive, the lepers were healed while going to show themselves to the priest.
One leper returned to give thanks to Jesus for his miracle of cleansing. Jesus noted the other nine who were healed,
“on their way,” did not return. Notice! Jesus did not retract the gift from the nine due to their lack of gratitude. Like God the Father, he did not stop the works of helpful kindness because of a lack of appreciation. Jesus was doing God’s loving work that is consistent.
The worshipper accurately stated in Lamentations 3: 22 & 23 that God is continuously caring. “Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, they are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.”
When we are a caring touch in the life of others we are working “with” God. An act of kindness can do more than imagined…for the one who receives kindness and the giver of kindness. Jesus said, “Give generously and generous gifts will be given back to you, shaken down, to make room for more. Abundant gifts will pour out upon you with such an overflowing measure that it will run over the top! Your measurement of generosity becomes the measurement of your return.”
The shooting woes continued Friday night for the Arizona Western Matadors women’s basketball team
The Matadors shot below 40% offensively from the floor for the fifth consecutive game.
And Eastern Arizona capitalized on AWC’s inability to score the basketball as the Gila Monsters beat the Matadors 68-50.
For the second time in seven days, the Gila
Gila Monsters 68 Matadors 50 EA: 4-0 (4-0) AWC: 1-6 (1-2)
Monsters (4-0, 4-0 ACCAC) stand victorious over the Matadors (1-6, 1-2).
putts ... which is probably a really good sign that I’m keeping the ball in front of me and striking it really nicely.”
Spieth was at 12-under 132, his first 36-hole lead since Birkdale.
Berger shot a 66 at Pebble Beach by going 2-3-2 along the ocean on a day filled will sunshine and a Pacific breeze. He holed 15-foot birdie putts on the par-3 fifth and par-3 seventh holes, and in between chipped in for eagle from about 20 feet on the par-5 sixth.
“I didn’t make a bunch of birdies in the middle of the round and then hung in there and toward the end rattled off a couple and got myself in a good position going into Saturday,” Berger said.
Henrik Norlander had a 70 at Spyglass and was at 10 under, while the group at 9-under 135 included Patrick Cantlay, whose record-tying 62 at Pebble Beach on Thursday was quickly forgotten. His opening tee shot at No. 10 on Spyglass hit a tree and was never found, sending him back to the tee. He opened with a double bogey and eventually got those two shots back until a three-putt bogey on the par3 third and pars the rest of the way in.
Five-time champion Phil Mickelson won’t be around for the weekend, but he went out in style. Mickelson hit two shots in the ocean on the 18th at Pebble Beach and took a quadruple-bogey 9 for an 80.
Spieth showed his level of trust on the 17th hole, 325 yards with a sharp turn to the left. Instead of laying back with a fairway metal as he often does, he took driver to the front of the green, leaving him a flop shot to 5 feet for birdie. Cantlay in the group behind was too far right, into a bunker about 40 yards short, and made bogey.
Spieth surged into the lead with a gap wedge that got the ridge perfectly on the skinny green at No. 4, and followed that with a 5-iron to 45 feet, a birdie putt helped by Rickie Fowler going first from the same line.
He reached the front of the green on the par-5 seventh with a hybrid for a two-putt birdie, then figured his one miss off the tee would cost him on No. 8.
“I hit the tree off the tee,” he said with a smile. “I toed a 3-wood and it came out in the fairway and I hit a 7-iron that happened to go right of the right pin, below the hole. That was a steal there, for sure.”
Good breaks have been hard to find for Spieth over the last two years. He has seen his share of shots that hit the tree and carom outof-bounds, or tee shots that bury in the rough instead of sitting up.
“I’ll tell you what, it’s crazy. You go on runs of cards out here,” he said. “You get good ones and then you go on a bad run of cards. I’m now hitting it and kind of thinking it’s going to be a good break again, which is really nice.
“But you don’t rely on that,” he added. “It’s just when it happens, it’s obviously really nice.”
The cut was at 1-under 143 after 36 holes on Pebble Beach and Spyglass. Only two courses are being used this year because the tournament has no amateurs (or spectators) due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Fowler, who played alongside Spieth and defending champion Nick Taylor (at 4-under 140), shot 75 and missed the cut for the second straight week. Fowler has gone just over a year since his last finish in the top 10.