Skillful Sailors
Last week we posted the "Surf's Up" blog, and this week we want to continue the seagoing theme with an African proverb:
"Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors."
When the sea is smooth and glassy, then there are no waves to ride and sailors can't put their navigational skills to the test. It's the same in life. We tend to grow the most and learn life's most important lessons when the seas are choppy, a storm front is blowing, the surf is pounding, and the waves are crashing against the shores of your life.
And right at that point it's good to remember God's words in Isaiah 43:2:
"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you."
Just when you think you are going under the waves for the final time, God throws you a lifeline - except it's not made of rope. Rather, it's in the form of an old, rugged cross, punctured with nail holes, and stained with the lifesaving blood of Jesus.
"Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors."
When the sea is smooth and glassy, then there are no waves to ride and sailors can't put their navigational skills to the test. It's the same in life. We tend to grow the most and learn life's most important lessons when the seas are choppy, a storm front is blowing, the surf is pounding, and the waves are crashing against the shores of your life.
And right at that point it's good to remember God's words in Isaiah 43:2:
"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you."
Just when you think you are going under the waves for the final time, God throws you a lifeline - except it's not made of rope. Rather, it's in the form of an old, rugged cross, punctured with nail holes, and stained with the lifesaving blood of Jesus.
posted by Stephen Guschov at 10:06 AM
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