Emphasis Preaching Journal

Sue stood on the beach in the pre-dawn glow and fussed with her swim goggles as she nervously surveyed the ocean. Soon she would hop and skip over the waves and plunge into the murky water along with 500 other tri-athletes to start the swim leg of her first triathlon, and the thought scared her to death.

Perhaps sensing her anxiety, a young lifeguard with a surfboard struck up a conversation.