- I'm pleased that with my increasing age, I'm no longer the youngest in the congregation
- I want to give an example of absolute fear on the water.
- Being in Wales on holiday at one of the best wind-surfing sites in Dale in Pembrokeshire for intermediate surfers
- Beaufort scale - wind surf boards can get to 3-4 times the wind speed
- Wind speed was gusting to 25 mph
- I decided to surf to the next bay only a mine so it should have taken 15 minutes or less
- As soon as I got beyond the peak, the winds were gusting to scale 7 and I could hardly stand up, being tossed into the water over and over again
- I was so exhausted I said a prayer and determined that if I fell in again I would have to try and swim for the shore
- I miraculously made it to the beach in one go on the next attempt
- This reminds us not to rely on our own strength
- Christ is always with you
