We who have run for our very lives to God have every reason to grab the promised hope with both hands and never let go. It’s an unbreakable spiritual lifeline, reaching past all appearances right to the very presence of God… ~ Hebrews 6:18-19, The Message 

It’s different when it’s play.
When the floatation device
is for tubing, for lounging,
for recreation, there seems
no stigma, no shame.
And there really isn’t
when by accident, by no fault,
you fall into water and need it…
but when it feels like you’re stupid,
like you should have been able
to take care of yourself,
to keep it light, to be playing
like all’s fine… When we quit
believing we can rescue ourselves
whether from addiction or from water…
when we surrender and accept the help
we find nobody was thinking we were to blame
but us.