Cornerstone Community Church, San Jose Ca

I have only tried surfing once in my life, and I wasn't very good at it. But when we go to Hawaii I do enjoy body surfing. I love swimming out a bit into the waves, and then letting a wave carry me back into shore. Years ago, when our kids were fairly young, I was trying to encourage them to give body surfing a try. On one particular day the surf seemed to me to be just perfect. I was having a great time out in the water, so I took my two older ones out in the water with me. They didn't seem to enjoy it quite as much as I did for some reason. At first I thought they just weren't getting into the flow of things, but then I caught a wave that nearly knocked the wind out of me and sent me crashing into the muddy ocean floor. As I was shaking the cobwebs out of my head, my young daughter asked me a question. She pointed to the shore and said, "Daddy, what do those red flags mean?" I didn't know what they meant; as best I recall I told her those flags were just there so you could see which way the wind w