Reach Beyond the Break

Today this is my anthem. The message transcends specific religious or spiritual beliefs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhZhSjbFc-c

Reach Beyond the Break

by Rev. Clay Evans

I want to share with you a story, and I'm sure that many of us can identify.

A young man went swimming the other day

He went out in the deep water.

His father and others were standing on the bay.

When they looked up, this young man was about to drown.

Something had happened while out there trying to swim,

And they saw him going down.

Naturally his family, and especially his father,

Got excited, got nervous, but he didn't know how to swim.

And you know how it is, standing by, wanting to do something for a child...

You're helpless!

So the father reached around and it just so happened there was a rope there.

And he took that rope, and threw it - hallelujah!

And said, "Son, catch hold to the rope."

The young man caught the rope.

The father started to pull him in,

But he looked up, and saw that the rope was breaking.

(Can I get a witness?)

And he cried to his father, "Father, my rope is breaking."

The father replied to the son by saying, "Reach beyond the break, and hold on."
"Reach beyond the break and hold on."
Your rope of hope is almost broke.
Your rope of faith is almost broke.
Your rope of patience is almost broke, but reach beyond the break.
Hold on.
And don't let go your faith.