Monday, January 20, 2025

Learning to Swim

When Biola opened its pool in 1976, I was hired as a swimming instructor. 

White-knuckled kids gripped the pool's edge or thrashed the water trying to stay afloat. "Don't fight the water," I would tell them. "Just trust it to hold you up." Gradually students learned not only that they could trust the water to support them, but that they could swim the whole length of the pool.

I find that the hardest part of life is simply letting go and trusting God to be there to support those who are agonizing over their insecurities. Friend, if that is you, just for today, trust God for the "impossible" in your life. He wants to guide and help us, but there are some things we may need to let go of first.