09 December 2004

A Perfect World, Surfing, and the Spirit,,,

I had breakfast with Scott Falk yesterday, in a perfect world we would have breakfast regularly. I always leave thinking better after a Perfect World. It is mind changing...

I also had lunch with my friend Chumley, it was too short but always good...

I was suppose to go to Pasadena yesterday to celebrate with Harambee at a lunch but my brakes started grinding and I had to abort the mission. Sorry Rudy.

Instead of going to Pasadena I did visit another friend, Greg Ehlert at First Presbyterian Church, Fresno. I learned about surfing. Chalkboard and everything, I learned about surfing. Why there are waves, the anatomy of a wave, where to catch the wave, surfing etiquette, and much more. For two hours Greg shared his life, his love, and his passion for surfing. His excitement is always infectious.

Greg's correlation between surfing and watching for the spirit moving was huge and I can understand surfing because it is so much like the move of God. So often they figure since the waves moved in this one area we should plant ourselves and expect wave after wave to come. And when it doesn't, some get out of the water completely and go home never to surf again, some condemn the spot as useless, but others stay in the water and looking out towards the horizon to see the next set and place themselves in the best position to catch and ride it. Some times, Greg tells me they get in their cars and drive up and down the coast looking for where it is happening. They know the water and understand the seasons when to catch the best waves. Apparently Hawaii isn't a good place to go for surfing in the summer, best waves are in the winter.

One interesting fact, they can see what is happening better in the water than those people standing on the shore line. They can feel it in the water as well. They spend the time in silence watching and listening.

I think we should do the same for a while, sit quietly, bathed deeply in the spirit, watch, and listen for the next set to come. We do need to show up, keep paddling, stop tearing each other down, encourage each other, and respect the others even if they are goofy foot or old. It is a time of faith.

Don't give up, it is coming...

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