“Duck-Bergs”

I am, yes, a big believer in the power of things being established by two or three witnesses.

“…‘Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’”

2 Corinthians 13:1

 

They don’t need to be people; they can be “occurrences.”

Things that “coincidentally” pop up two, three, four, or more times. Maybe, it can feel like we are being “followed” by them.

Years ago, in a standup- routine, the comedian, Dennis Miller mentioned how we, as people, are like ducks.

We all look calm on the surface of the water.

But underneath?

We are paddling like crazy.

That stand-up routine, I believe, was in the 1990s. Yet, it is evergreen.

Within the last two months, I came across this nugget online…

Icebergs.

“Duck Bergs?”

My first book, “Thin Enough,” was published twenty years ago.

And, since that time, I have written other books, articles, and blog posts, not just on the subject matter of eating disorders.

Life, as it does for each one of us, necessitates that we deal with more than one thing in life.

We must examine and commit to the deeper than surface level things that hit our lives.

Death and loss.

Changes to our health and bodies.

Addiction

Relationship changes.

Changes in our personal faith with The Most High.

“There is nothing new under the sun.”

Ecclesiastes 1:9

I have checked each of these boxes. It’s the rule, not the exception to do, within a twenty-year span of time.

Certainly, a lifetime.

Twenty years ago, I never believed that I would be writing these books on the subject matter I have covered.

But life twisted and turned.

Life demanded that I “paddle like crazy.”

I have no idea how much of a calm duck I looked like on the surface.

Life goes beyond surface. Surface doesn’t last long.

Our attention will be grabbed.

There has ben rewarding “Glory” in each writing endeavor.

Even when the issue has been painful and difficult.

“It is the Glory of The Most High to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.”

Proverbs 25:2

It’s now poignant, as I may be dealing with still more health challenges, including those “cancer-related.”

I don’t think I am done writing; let’s put it that way.

What about you?

What is challenging you, right now, to present that you are calm on the surface, yet “paddlinglike crazy” underneath?

How do you appear“on the surface?”

What’s stopping you from dealing with your “paddling like crazy” issues?

How have you asked The Most High to help you WITH them?

There’s more going on, to and with, you.

And The Most High wants to help you with ALL of it!

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