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"bethany's story" by ctrooper
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THE BETHANY
HAMILTON
STORY
Written by- Ctrooper
BOOK NUMBER. 1
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It came, literally, out of the blue. i had no warning at all; not even the slightest hint of danger on the horizon. The waves were small and inconsistant, and i was ust kind of rolling along with them, relaxing on my board with my left arm dan-
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gling in the cool water. I remember thinking, "i hope the surf picks up soon... that's all in took: a split second. i felt a lot of pressure and a couple of lighting fast tugs. Then i wacthed in shock as the water around me turned bright red. Somehow,
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i stayed calm. My left arm was gone almost to the armpit, along with the huge crescent-shaped chuck of my red, white and blue surfboard...
I remember most clearly what the kauai paramedic said to me in the ambulance: he spoke softly and held my hand as we
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were pulling out of the beach parking lot. He whispered in my ear, "God will never leave you or forsake you. "He was right. I believe in god. Nobody made me believe; I don't think you can or should try to force someone to believe something. And even
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though my parents taught me stuff about God and read Bible stories to me from as early as i can remember... it was my choice to become a believer in him. The was i see it, putting our faith in God is something that each person has to come to on his or her
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own. It's your own personal relationship with Him; a bond that's as unique as a fingerprint. Some people don;t think about this stuff unless something terrible happens to them, or like my parents, until they are older. But i can remember putting my
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trust in jesus christ when i was just a kid, probably around five years old. When people as me what my faith is in christ means to me, i usually answer in just one word: "everything!" This was true before the shrak attack as well as after. And i truly
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believe that this faith is a big part of what did get me through it. It helps to know that even when you don't have a clue why something has happened in your life, someone up there has a master plan and is watching over you. It's a tremendous relief to be
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able to put your trust in God and take the burden off your shoulders. My plans to be a professional surfer got hit pretty hard on that halloween moring. It was my own personal tsunami. In the days, weeks and months that followed i had alot of cleaning up
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to do. Often, it was scary or trying. And i won't lie to you: in some ways it still is. I've worked really hard to become a pro surfer, and am now competing with the best women surfers in the world. But for me, knowing that God loves me and that he has a
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plan for my life, that no stark can take away and no contest result can shake, is like having solid rock underneath me. Bad things are the bound to happen to everyone That's life. Here's my advice: don't put all your hope and faith into something that
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could sudeenly and easily go away. And honestly, that's almost anything. The only thing that will never go away, that will never fail you, is God and your faith in him. All i can say is He gives me a really strong foundation for everything i do in life.
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BASED ON A TRUE STORY IN REAL LIFE
all these words can out of bethany hamiltons mouth. remember ALWAYS BELIEVE IN GOD!
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Written by- Ctrooper!