If you hang around here very often you will certainly hear me mention Steven Furtick, the pastor of Elevation Church in North Carolina. I believe God’s hand is on this young pastor to impact the next generation in a mighty way. He’s also speaking at Catalyst ‘08, so I am excited to hear him in person!
Recently he took a vacation to the beach with his family, and told this story.
Elijah and I had a great time playing Wave Jumper at the beach last week.
Here’s a brief description of this sensational new game:
I stand behind Elijah, hold on to both of his wrists high above his head, and take him out to the place where the water hits his chest. When the wave comes, I jerk him up high enough that the water doesn’t cover his face or get in his ears. He then laughs uncontrollably, and proudly screams at the top of his lungs:
“I’m the Wave Jumper! Let’s jump another wave Daddy!”
And we jump another one, and another one, and another one…I didn’t have the heart or feel the need to explain to my almost 3 year old son that technically, he’s not the wave jumper. Daddy is the wave jumper. He should probably scream something more like:
“I’m the Hand Holder”. I’m the one doing the heavy lifting here!
In actuality, here’s his only job in this partnership: to keep his hands in my hands, and trust that when the wave comes, I’ll lift him up high above it.That’ll preach, won’t it?
Go to his blog and read the rest of the post. I know I’m going to be thinking about it for the rest of the day!