Just came back from a dip at the public swimming pool. Think I didn't stretched or do enough warm up at last Sunday's badminton game*, right calf muscles** feeling a bit of strain. Swam about 15 laps^. Was thinking about some stuff during the midst of swimming, and suddenly the Lord planted something in my head. Like how life is sometimes like swimming. You float in the water, trying to get somewhere. Sometimes your feet don't touch the ground, so you have to keep moving around to stay either afloat or moving in a direction. You may feel alone, because most of the time, swimming is a solo thingie, people can't swim for you. Yet what keeps us afloat, nay, alive is the fact that we are continually breathing in and out air.
The thought that strikes me is that even though at times, life can be lonely and hard, where you have to keep paddling to go somewhere; as long we breathe in the Spirit of the Living God, He will carry us through the waves of life. Be it in still and calm waters, or through the choppy big waves, so long as the Holy Spirit works in us, all will be well.
After reaching home from a relaxing slow walk, turned on the laptop to check mail and write out my application letters. Realised I hadn't turned to the Scriptures, so head to Biblegateway.com and see what the verse of the day is. And lo and behold, it is:
“Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD. ”- Leviticus 19:18
Been reflecting on some stuff. Am glad for this verse, which ask me to focus back upon the love of God's people, even when they don't agree or understanding with what I am doing in certain areas in my life.
Writing this as a testimony of His goodness. Do give thanks with me, and I pray He'll speak to you this day as He had spoken to me.
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* or as my friend suggest, could be just because I'm getting old and unfit from lack of exercise.
** To be precise and medical about it, it's the gastrocnemius . See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastrocnemius
^ 1 lap = 1 times across length of the pool.
Phew. Divine intervention before i get clobbered, yes yes, i give thanks with you. Keep your buoyancy in Him, brother!
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