A Wakeboarding Analogy

Wake-boarding: An Analogy

I wanted to share an experience that happened during my singles ward camping trip back in August. :) We were going wake-boarding and I was super scared at first doing it because I was afraid of getting hurt. The very first time I did it, I did really well...stood up for about 10-20 seconds. :D I wanted to repeat the experience so I tried again, but failed. I freaked out several times in the water because again, I was afraid of getting hurt.

There were times where I wanted to get out of the water, but Sister Twiggs kept on telling me to give it another go and to keep trying. I never did repeat the very first time of standing up, but I did get better. :) Eventually I got back into the boat and relaxed. Sister Twiggs told me that she was proud of all of the effort that I put in to improving my wake-boarding. She also told me that while I was in the water, she wasn't going to let me out of the water until she felt like I had given it my best shot. She recognized that I had the potential to be better at wake-boarding and was only going to accept my best. I didn't have to be perfect, but I did have to try my best before I could rest.


This reminds me a lot of our Heavenly Father and our Older Brother, Jesus Christ. They love us and they know us...they know us better than we know ourselves. They know that we are capable of achieving many great things because of who we are and the divine nature that we have. They give us lots of responsibilities and push us to do our best because they know we can do it! If you feel overwhelmed with all of the tasks and responsibilities that you have to do, remember that you can do it because Christ our Savior did it first! Don't settle for anything less than what you are and who you are! :)