Time again for words of Widom from Graham Boyd. One of my favourite movies and I guess it comes from the skateboarder side of thing (as I havent seen any Gymnastics films to this level lately but I would love to) is Lords of Dogtown. It follows the lives of three nobody's who rose up out of the ashes to join the list of top historic skateboarders who made history. They are Tony Alva, Jay Adams and Stacy Peralta who all originally after being kicked out of their surf spot embrace the world of Skateboarding in Venice, CA. They join the Zephyr Skateboard team and through hardships they overcome they stay massively strong and instead of being stuck in the present they grow enormously even forging their own path amongst the skateboarding industry.
Now that I have given you a summary to the film, where this ties in with the Gospel is the following: We can either stay stuck in today within our comfort zone or we can like the Z-Boys step out of our comfort zones and take a chance for the kingdom of God. Their is a special passage in the Gospel of Matthew that details this and I will share it with you. It was told the first ever youth evening that I attended at EBC being 17 and having just become a christian and it has been spoken constantly over time.
Mat 14:24 but the boat by this time was a long way from the land, beaten by the waves, for the wind was against them. Mat 14:25 And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. Mat 14:26 But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, "It is a ghost!" and they cried out in fear. Mat 14:27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, "Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid." Mat 14:28 And Peter answered him, "Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water." Mat 14:29 He said, "Come." So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus. Mat 14:30 But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, "Lord, save me." Mat 14:31 Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him, saying to him, "O you of little faith, why did you doubt?"
Richard Leonard one of the Sonsurf guys and originally Westville Baptist on a home visit preached a sermon that I downloaded called What do you see and He speaks about getting out of our comfort zone but uses these words "Let go of the paddle" and that is my challenge, As a dedicated Christian Gymnast and dedicated Christian Skateboarder when I'm at Gymnastics practice or at the skatepark I look around and I see the harvest and once seeing the harvest and those that are troubled then it would be a tragedy if I did not at least make some form of the Gospel known.
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