Many Waters

“He reached from on high, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.” (Psalm 18:16)

I failed the swimming test in Navy boot camp. The swim test was one of the first things they put us through. You couldn’t be assigned to a company to begin basic training until after you passed the swim test, among other things. And of all the times to fail it, I failed it on a Friday! That meant I had to stay in the receiving barracks at least until Monday, when I could take the test again. It meant I would be in boot camp a few days longer. Later that Friday evening, I was in the “head” in the barracks, using the toilet in…