Saturday, July 28, 2012

Lost Swimmer



July 29

 I ‘m 17 and the waterfront director at a Boy Scout camp. The counselors had left the water for lunch. My assistant reports there is still a name tag on the board.I begin a lost swimmers search.

On my fourth dive I see the body several feet below me. I gasp, lose my air and resurface. My heart is pounding. 
I take a deep breadth and dive straight down, arms extended. As I near the bottom I see that the body is a towel draped over some rocks. When I surface my assistant is walking on the dock and tells me our missing person is at the dinning hall. My reaction is how heaven feels about a new believer.

"Rejoice with me for I have found my sheep which was lost." (Luke 15:6)

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