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When I was a kid, about 5 years old, I envy my cousins so much because they could swim well. Thereโs a lot of things you could do in the water if you know how to swim.
If you know how to swim, you can dive, you can float, you can sink, you can make bubbles, and you can go anywhere around the pool, or the river, or the ocean.
If you can swim, then, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ.
Every time we swim in the river, my cousins would cross the other side of the bank to play tag leaving me on my own in the shallows.
It sucks to be in the shallows. Itโs no fun at all. And not challenging.
One day I said to myself that I must learn how to swim so I could go to the deep.
I want to go to the deep!
I cannot stay in the shallows forever. Shallow places are too bounded, very limited โฆ boring!
I have to learn how to swim.
With all guts and determination, the 5-year-old me stood up from the rock where I was sitting on. Gathering every courage I could get, I stared at the water and watched it move.
๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ. ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ. ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด. ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ!
The water was calling me to dive in.
I jumped into the water โฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ!
I sank into the water but I couldnโt swim. I didnโt know how to swim. The water wrapped around me wrestling with me and tried to drown me, but I was headstrong. I constrained myself to paddle, to survive, to live, to never die!
I didnโt fight against the current. I embraced it and flowed with it โtil I found myself one with the waters. I paddled like a frog and lifted my head above the water to breathe. Sooner I realized that I made it to the other side of the river.
That was one of the greatest adventures I had as a kid.
It was a risk and I took the risk without even giving it a second thought.
Since then I could enjoy the water, the depth, the limitless bounds, and the joy! I can do more than I could in the shallows.
Spiritually, my soul longs to go deeper as well. Iโd been in the shallows for quite a long time, and experiencing the deep, I could tell the difference in my walk with God. ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ด๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ฑ, ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ถ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐บ.
And the best part? He reveals secrets and mysteries that go beyond your imaginations.
๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ฑ.
Donโt settle with just enough.
If you think youโve gone deeper, well, the water is still yet too deep. You can never measure God. And even if you think youโve gone to the deepest, He can still take you to the deepest of deepest.
๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ!