Body Surfing

Summer Time in the South.....
Ninety-nine degrees in the shade.......
With humidity that can be worn as an outer layer of clothing.

Thunder Storms every afternoon and ........
The Beach!
The cool breeze skips up off the ocean......
With the faint whisper that says......
"Nahhhh, you're not getting burned......
You're hardly even pink"

Sand everywhere....
Hot sand to run across like a ballerina on opening night......
Sticky sand that cakes onto sunscreen......
Sand in shoes and Sand in shorts..............
But it's alright......
We're talking Beach Sand!

And then there's the ocean......
You know.....
The warm white foam that feels so good as it swirls up around your ankles......
But somehow turns a little chilly as you get knee deep......
Then gets downright icy as you slide in up to your belly button.....
Before finally gathering the nerve to take the plunge......
The plunge that feels ooooohhh....... sooooo....... good.

I gotta tell you guys.....
For me the very best of it all......
The coup de gras if you will.....
Has to be the waves.

The bigger the better.
I'm talking
Save the women and children.....
Hold on to your hat type waves.
Waves made for one thing only......
Body Surfing.

I can't tell you how much I love body surfing.
The exhilaration of timing and catching a wave just so...........

All that Power......

That rushing white tipped breaker of pure energy.....
Sweeping me away toward the shore.
This must be what Superman feels like.....
When he leaps into the air to fly.

Yes......
I'm Superman!

2Timothy 1:7.......
God has given us a Spirit of Power and of Love.........

Galatians 5:22-25 
But the Fruit of the Spirit is 
Love, Joy, Peace, 
Patience, Kindness, Goodness, , 
Gentleness and Self- Control............
Since we live by the Spirit, 
Let us also keep in step with the Spirit.

There are times in my life
When I catch hold of the Power of the Spirit just so........
Times when I am right in step with the Spirit of God............
Times when that rushing white tipped breaker of pure energy sweeps me along towards.........
Well....... Heaven.
Times when I am fully alive in the Kingdom of God-
Even here in this place.

Father in Heaven, Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit- 
Thank You for those moments of Pure Heaven- 
Thank You for even a glimpse of the Life to come. 
Move me more and more into step with You
So that this Life I long for- 
This life that is Life- 
This abiding in You .....
Becomes my daily reality.

Amen