The Christian equivalent of beatin' balls and beatin' balls. The wonderful thing about discipleship is that we are not all by ourselves in the effort. We can rely on the historic teaching of the church, the love support of brothers and sisters in the church, and we can rely on the love and support of the one who sticks even closer than a brother, our Savior, Jesus Christ. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.
Golf takes work, and so does Christian discipleship.
You may have heard about the golfer who was twenty minutes late at the first tee one Sunday morning, and the other three members of the regular foursome were almost ready to drive off without him. Heads, I played golf. Tails, I went to church. I am late, but I had to toss that coin 29 times before it came up heads. Well, church is over for now.