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Being out there in the ocean, God’s creation, it’s like a gift He has given us to enjoy.

Bethany Hamilton

I’m a surfer at heart. Both my parents moved to Hawaii in the 1970s, where they met and became Christians. Then they taught me and my two brothers how to love the Lord – and how to surf!
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Brother Christian Heart
You don’t need easy, you just need possible.
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Easy Needs Possible
Besides surfing, I play tennis, volleyball, I swim, I run hills, or I do high-intensity, high-interval workouts. I’m up at 5 A.M. every day.
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Running Volleyball Workout
Surfing is very special and unique. It’s really hard to explain unless you’ve tried it. It’s being out in the ocean in the sun, the water on your skin, and the adrenalin rush when you catch a wave. You have to be creative so it’s like an art form in a way.
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Art Ocean Unique
Being able to turn to Jesus after the shark attack kept me alive.
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Inspirational Jesus Sharks
Compassion can drive us to do amazing things and give us perspective.
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Compassion Giving Perspective
In the end, my love for surfing helped me overcome my fear of sharks.
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Inspirational Shark Surfing
I could never have embraced this many people with two arms.
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Arms People Two
I enjoy hanging out with friends, going on hikes and playing tennis. I also enjoy Bible study and making dinners. I have a pretty mellow life away from the water.
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Dinner Tennis Water
To lose your everyday life of surfing and being creative on waves, enjoying the ocean – that’s scary to me. It was essential to at least try surfing again and get out there and see how it went.
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Creative Ocean Scary
The paramedic whispered in my ear ‘God will never leave you or forsake you.’
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Ears God Inspirational Will
I gave my heart to Jesus when I was five-years-old and since then it’s been a special relationship. To me it’s not a religion; it’s just talking to God, reading his word, and doing my best to honor him in everything I do.
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Heart Jesus Reading
The author describes how impressed she was with the detailed storyboards that outlined her movie – “not just sketches, but real art”. She then describes a Hawaiian sunset as, “God painting His storyboard on the sky”.
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Art Nature Real
Love God; love others; do your best in all you do, even if you fall short!
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Fall God Love
God has a lot more to give and to offer than the world has to give.
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Giving Offer World
Strive to find things to be thankful for and just look for the good in who you are!
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Being Looks Strive Thankful

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