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For the first time ever, we were ahead in a race. Our sails stretched out full as they gathered all the wind. We had finished two legs of the race and needed only to complete the upwind leg of the course. My confidence soared as we swept past the marker, pulled in our sails and headed upwind on a starboard tact.
Suddenly the other boats began to catch up and even pass us. It was as if the wind had stopped blowing just on us. Slowly we drifted away as the others raced toward the finish line. The centerboard! I had forgotten to drop the centerboard. I had raised it to help with the run downwind, but did not lower it as we headed upwind. Without it, we could not sail. We only drifted.
In our faith we need a centerboard for the winds of life to push against. We have the centerboard. It is the promise of our God.
-- Kime
For the first time ever, we were ahead in a race. Our sails stretched out full as they gathered all the wind. We had finished two legs of the race and needed only to complete the upwind leg of the course. My confidence soared as we swept past the marker, pulled in our sails and headed upwind on a starboard tact.
Suddenly the other boats began to catch up and even pass us. It was as if the wind had stopped blowing just on us. Slowly we drifted away as the others raced toward the finish line. The centerboard! I had forgotten to drop the centerboard. I had raised it to help with the run downwind, but did not lower it as we headed upwind. Without it, we could not sail. We only drifted.
In our faith we need a centerboard for the winds of life to push against. We have the centerboard. It is the promise of our God.
-- Kime
