Teamwork
We all know there is no I in TEAM, but there is in ROWING. Think of competitive eight oar rowing. The is an I in EIGHT. In eights there are 4 oars on each side. Because of team work (and the cadence of the coxswain) all eight blades operate as though they were fastened together. The rowers sit on sliding seats with their feet secured, which makes such a long stroke possible. It is the coxswain's job to determine the rate of rowing or strokes per minute. The coxswain KNOWS his team and can determine the level of energy it can deliver and asks from them as much as his team can handle.
Comparing rowing to life – someone is giving us all we can handle; acting as our coxswain. As Christians we know it is Jesus. His instructions are to work together, as in:
The parable of the good Samaritan.
Matthew 5:44 – Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, and in 6:14 – If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Mark 3:24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
Luke 6:37 Judge not and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive and you will be forgiven.
While these quotes are not exactly acting together as rowers, they do show it is important to act as part of the group of mankind and remember from where our direction comes.
Jack Van Becelaere
We all know there is no I in TEAM, but there is in ROWING. Think of competitive eight oar rowing. The is an I in EIGHT. In eights there are 4 oars on each side. Because of team work (and the cadence of the coxswain) all eight blades operate as though they were fastened together. The rowers sit on sliding seats with their feet secured, which makes such a long stroke possible. It is the coxswain's job to determine the rate of rowing or strokes per minute. The coxswain KNOWS his team and can determine the level of energy it can deliver and asks from them as much as his team can handle.
Comparing rowing to life – someone is giving us all we can handle; acting as our coxswain. As Christians we know it is Jesus. His instructions are to work together, as in:
The parable of the good Samaritan.
Matthew 5:44 – Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, and in 6:14 – If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Mark 3:24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
Luke 6:37 Judge not and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive and you will be forgiven.
While these quotes are not exactly acting together as rowers, they do show it is important to act as part of the group of mankind and remember from where our direction comes.
Jack Van Becelaere
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