Delve/2012
January 1, 2012
Some go through a training class at the YMCA, some learn in their neighbor’s pool or a nearby lake. Maybe someone taught you the hard way, being thrown into deep water as a family member watched you strive to survive and thus learn the dog paddle. Swimming, I do not recall exactly when I learned to travel through the wet stuff, but I do remember a summer course on swimming my parents sent me to. It was sponsored by my elementary school. I already knew how to swim and to this day I am puzzled as to why they would send me every day for several weeks away from them, hmmmm? Our instructor informed us that we must pass each stage in order to progress and eventually be awarded the certificate of completion. The first stage was easy- you just hold your breath and dunk your head beneath the surface multiple times. NO WORRIES! The next stage was “Floating.” A stage I remember ohhhh too well. My physic as a little boy had a great deal in common with a number 2 pencil. Each time I tried to remain atop the water, I sunk like a stick with the rhythm of a pendulum. Several days I stayed at that phase. I tried telling the teacher that I could swim and this floating thing was for sissies (no offense to the buoyant population). After all I said, “This is a class on swimming not floating, isn’t it? Eventually, I got the instructor’s attention, ran down the dock jumped into the deep water, and swam back to her. I am not sure if she passed me due to my dolphin like prowess or because she was tired of dealing with me. The moral of the story: you can’t be afraid of the deep and progress! So it is with our church. Let me encourage you to launch out into the deep this year. Enjoy the depths of God’s love and the riches of His Word.
Time to Quit Floating,
Bro David
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