The dvd rolled without me knowing what show I was going to watch, but E said that I will love it. Vividly recall that I have seen this title floating around somewhere on fb, the show began. A sucker for movies based on true story, I truly am inspired by this, and I would recommend all of you to watch it.
Soul Surfer is a true story based on a “Mermaid” born to a family of surfers in Hawaii and Bethany Hamilton is truly born to surf. At the age of 13, she was attacked by a 14-foot tiger shark while surfing one day, you can read her story from here. From this biography, some discussions birthed forth between E & I, about God and about “willingness”. As talented as Bethany may be, with the lost of her arm, it was really difficult for her to go into the water and surf like before and the matter of fact is, it will never be the same again.
With one arm, it was difficult for her to go back to surfing but with her love and passion, she didn’t give up, yet she was discouraged, but during a trip to Phuket to help at the tsunami-struck area, it made her realize the dream that she was supposed to fulfill. Back home, she had to invest twice the effort into surfing again takes alot of determination and discipline. Reminded by the sermon about Extreme Discipline that Pastor Khong spoke about yesterday, this story delivered the message perfectly.
Her talent in the waters may have brought her closer to her dreams of being a professional surfer, but God had a better plan. After this accident, she developed the extreme discipline, and with the determination to fulfill her dream, Bethany became an icon, inspiration to many. The discipline that she went through before the attack was nothing compared to what she had to go through from there onwards. Not everyone have to go through what Bethany went through, but I believe everyone is called to have extreme discipline in extreme discipleship.
It’s always a choice, the willingness to allow God to work in your life.
Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; but I discipline my body and make it my slave - 1 Cor 9:26
