SUP?

Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring in fierce hunger], seeking someone to seize upon and devour. (1 Peter 5:8-9, AMP)

This morning I took an amazing opportunity to go Stand Up Paddling; hence, the SUP.

Conditions were perfect: cool tropical breezes, water was smooth like glass, sun was rising up over the Koolau Mountain Range. Ohhh yeaaa, perfect conditions!

As I paddled, I realized, Stand Up Paddling is a lot like every day life.

We've got to stay balanced. If we get scared and look down (look at current circumstance), we lose our balance and fall. We have to look fix our eyes forward (to Jesus and what lies ahead), press onward to our prize! (Hebrews 12:1-2)

This is the deal my friends, the world has a million ways to eat our lunch every single day but as we stay balanced (prayer, staying in His Word, communion with Him) we smoothly paddle on!

What'SUP with you today?

High as a Kite

From time to time, I welcome a guest to contribute a blog post. Today's blog post is written by my nine year old daughter, enjoy!

I was at the beach on the pretty island of Oahu. And as I was flying my kite, it fell in the water (because it was too high). And then I had to get in the water to get my kite.

After that I thought for a second. Then I said, "Mom, I have a new blog!" I said, "You know how I fly my kite? I wanted to fly my kite high. Then once I got it like I thought I wanted it, it fell in the water. When we don't read God's word, we are low like the kite. And when we are too high, we have pride so we go down. But when we are in the middle we are wise in what the Lord says."

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