God doesn't see fit to move me right
now, though, apparently. So here I stay and try to praise God in the
waves. 
Brianne and I went to Adventure Island Friday and I wanted to see if God would have anything to say to me in an actual wave pool. The first time I walked into it I heard, "Just go with it." Just go with the waves and don't try to fight them. I remembered part of a passage of scripture, "the unforced rhythms of grace." It's Matthew 11:28-30 in The Message. "Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly."
Friday was a liquid day and I'd had a smoothie before we left the house and had more of it on the way over. I planned to eat a regular meal at Adventure Island then smoothie after we got home and the rest of the day. Of course, I would listen to my body and if I needed more solid food than that one meal since it would be such a physical day, I would have more. My smoothie consisted of two bananas, milk, cinnamon, a few grapes, and an apple. The second thing I heard in the waves was, "Don't attempt this on just the milk of the Word." In other words, don't attempt to be in the thick of the waves of life nourished on only easy-to-swallow liquids. I could stay in only a few minutes the first time then had to get out and get some solid nourishment in me. You can't expect to handle big waves unless you've first chewed on something substantial and allowed it to permeate and do its job.
Those are the lessons I learned in a wave pool.
