The Easter Holiday went by quickly but it was amazingly fun and different. For those who don't know, I broke my foot on Easter Sunday in 2003 and every since, I've been really overly cautious on that day. Well this weekend I stepped out of that mold and conquered several fears.Our Church family - Jubilee went a three day camp-out... Friday to Sunday. I straggled in late SAT morning at the camp site because the weather wasn't looking promising the previous day & I really didn't want to get rained out... didn't rain - thank God! I got there, set up my tent and went down by the creek... Then it began, the pressure from the youths taunting me to swing off this (in my perspective) very high swing and jump off into the water - Talk about a heart attack!!!
First I resisted - then Nathan firstly got me to jump off the diving (home made version) board into the water... I tried that twice it was OK... I then practiced my swimming - did i mention i have a fob ea of water. Well I mastered the swimming some. So it came of the swing... I got up there... said my last prayers - told my friends to give all my stuff to my family & kids - then I realized I didn't have any. (LOL) OK off I went - my heart raced and I did it...
Well After the initial adrenaline rush, I went back and again i did it... I swung off that thing for maybe 20 or 30 times... I was surprised cause it was fun. Today I'm sitting with a headache and soar muscles from all the over stimulus... But it was worth it.
God is awesome and fun, don't you think. Well for friends family or whoever is reading this, keep me in your prayers as I continue to fight through and conquer different fears in my life.
Merv - AKA Da ProClaimer
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