The Fear of losing

I'm a pretty competitive guy. I don't like to lose. On the other hand if I lose this competition I have a good blog post....

Last week I participated in the Waters Edge Church Directors Off-site. It's 3 days of planning, praying, and brainstorming for the future of Waters Edge Church. I don't know if anyone understands the amount of planning that goes into every decision.

During the Off-site we have a little fun to help us stay creative and energetic. This year we ended up at my father in laws 3-D Black Light mini golf in VA Beach. During dinner Lead Pastor Stu Hodges issued a challenge. The loser of the game would have to jump into the ocean. The competitors were Stu, Bill, Brian, Jake, and Rob.

Now I'm all about competing but what happened during this game was intense. There were moments of confidence and talking junk as well as moments of silence in fear of taking a loss. Bill took a risk on the third hole and missed. He was in last for a couple of rounds until Stu caught him by scoring a 5 on a whole. For the last three holes I thought I was in the clear until...Stu had a miracle come back. He sunk two holes in one in a row. Before he shot he was so nervous about losing he had hives on his neck. I know you can't feel the intensity of this game through a blog but the shots that Stu hit were almost impossible. Because of Stu's Tiger Woods like putting I ended up in last place going into the last whole. I didn't want to come in last...

In the end I pulled it out. Jake came in first followed by a three way tie of dun dun dunnnn...Brian, Stu, and Rob. So last place went to Bill.

Below is a pic of Bill freshly out of the ocean.