By Julie Moody2024-05-17T08:00:00
After a cancer diagnosis nine years ago, Julie Moody found God was with her in the deep waters of despair. She now takes to the swimming pool with her two children to celebrate what God has done.
Isaiah 43 begins: ’Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine. When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown.’
I’m not sure how many of my fellow Swimathon swimmers have been thinking of these words during the Swimathon weekend at the end of April. Thousands of us have been swimming in deep water though!
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