Hit It!

Water-Skiing is a lot harder than it looks! I was out to a cottage just south of Perry Sound (where Bobby Ore grew up) from Thursday to Saturday and I had an oppertunity to try this sport on Black Stone Lake. Basically what you do is; strap on the skis, hang on the stick and yell “HIT IT!” and off you go. But this is not all there is to it. It’s important to find your balance and to be angled in the right direction. Otherwise you are in for one painful drink through your nose! Well, knew that it would be hard but I figured that I would be up in no time. How wrong I was. I was out in the water and ready to go but every time I would yell HIT IT and every time I would either fall back or get pull over or have the stick pulled out of my hands or whatever! It was really hard and really frustrating. I didn’t get up at all the first day I was there and not until the second night did I get up and away. I wasn’t even going to try anymore but the man who had invited me to come encouraged me to keep at it and I did it. It was really fun once I got up and I’m glad I did stick with it because even though it was hard and I’m sore the feeling of being up there and skiing across the lake was great!

And it made me think of how many people go through life and “never get up” and never see the reward that comes with the determination to do so. Now, I’m not saying this is some sort of overcoming, emotional story of triumph. But it is really amazing, to me, how many people go through life and never aim for the reward at the end, which is heaven. This, to me, is like going water skiing and never pressing on until you get up. Because if you don’t get up, you can duplicate the experience by getting someone to splash water in your face so it goes up your nose, kick you in the back and give you a weddgie! And many people settle for that in life. But we need to press on and take life and HIT IT hard for Christ because the reward is going to be spectacular.