Dig deep

When playing organized sports my coaches would yell to us, "Dig deep!" when we had hit the fatigue wall. I even used them when I coached briefly. The thought is that somewhere deep inside us is a resevoir of energy, perseverance, and endurance that when the going gets rough, it is there for us to draw "stuff" from to keep us moving forward.

Rich Mullins, the late musician, said that some of the most courageous people in the world are those who are willing to dig deep within themselves and draw out their creativity. The courageous, for Mullins, are people who not only dig deep, but also share it with the world.

Then last night I read the following,
"During a dry season in the New Hebrides, John Paton the missionary awakened the derision of the natives by digging for water. They said water always came down from heaven, not up through the earth. But Paton revealed a larger truth than they had seen before by discovering to them that heaven could give them water through their own land. So men insist on waiting for God to send them blessing in some supernormal way, when all the while he is givng them abundant supply if they would learn to retreat into the fertile places of their own spirits where, as Jesus said, the wells of living waters seek to rise. We need to learn Eckhart's lesson, 'God is nearer to me than I am to myself; he is just as near to wood and stone, but they do not know it.'"
--Henry Emerson Fosdick

Dig.

Thanks for reading.