You know that feeling when you're swimming in the ocean and you go out just a bit too far? The waves are suddenly just a little too tall to avoid, and the water is just a little too deep to stand in. You're not drowning, you're not suffocating, you're not dying... but you can't quite catch your breath. Any normal person would back-peddle until they could stand.
But you can't do that when you've got friends, (all of them taller than you), saying, "Come on out farther! You'll be able to stand out here, it's more shallow." Backing up would make you look weak or afraid, when in reality you're just hoping to catch your breath. So do I do that, or do I dive in farther and keep swimming towards that invisible sand bar? Does it even exist?
It's been my tendency to turn around and run when I'm struggling. I shrink back and hide in hopes that the next big wave doesn't knock me down. Maybe I need to do what I've never done before. Swim further out even when I feel like I'm struggling for air. And then hopefully soon, I'll remember how to breathe again.
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"Therefore strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. Make level paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled but rather healed." Hebrews 12:12-13
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