Step Onto Liquid

I was just looking at the archives and realized that I have been blogging on Step Onto Liquid for over a year. When I started this blog, I had just graduated from high school and was living in Texas. NowI live in Santa Clarita and will be continuing my studies at The Master's College in the fall. I have become an uncle over the past year and by Christmas time I will have a new sister!

Since this blog has been spinning on the blogopshere for over a year now, I think it necessary to review the whole idea behind this blog. I started using the term Step Onto Liquid shortly after attending a Survival Camp with the theme "Walk on Water" and watching a pretty epic surfing video called "Step Into Liquid."

So what do I mean by this title? Step onto liquid basically means "live by faith." The Christian life is a life not lived by sight, but by faith. If we tried to live by sight, we would be in trouble. We would be dominated by feelings, circumstances, and our sinful desires. But Jesus calls us to take him at his word and follow him.

This summer I have been studying the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus preaches a lifestyle that is undeniably different from the ways of the world. We cannot base our lives on what we see in the world. We must listen to Jesus, step onto light, and be salt and light.

This last weekend, I went on a retreat to Catalina Island with the college group from Corona Evanglical Free Chruch. (I'm hoping to post more on the retreat later with lots of pictures. My brother Billy took the picture you see with this post.) Mark Spanzel talked about endurance in the Christian life. If we are to endure, we must live by faith--we must step onto liquid.

Who knows what the next year will bring? But whether it brings storms or sunshine, I'm determined to step onto liquid and follow my Savior wherever he leads.