Hi, this is Victoria. Thank you so much for downloading this podcast. I believe God has amazing

things in your future. I hope you enjoy this message.

That was a little girl. I love to go to the beach with my family. We would get to the beach and

I remember so well. We had this huge red umbrella that we drilled down in the sand. We'd put our

beach blanket out, get our ice chest, get our spot ready for a day at the beach. As soon as it

was set, I'd take off to the water. I could spend hours out in the waves just having such a good time.

And one day, I had been out there, seems like for several hours. In fact, I had made it to the

second sand bar. Now, if you know what those sand bars are, they're deep spots and then you get

on the sand bar and it's like you're on the shore. You can be way out and you can be just up to

your knees. So I had made my way all the way out to the second sand bar. I wanted my family to see

me from shore because I thought I am really done well today. So I stood up and I began to wave my

hands looking for my family. I was searching everywhere for where our spot was, where we had set that

red umbrella. When I realized I could see a lot of people. I could see a lot of things but I couldn't

spot my family. Well, I got kind of panicking as a little girl. I thought I got to find my family.

Where did they go? So I swam as quick as I could, worked really hard to make it to shore. Looking

for my family or walked to the left all the way as far as I could couldn't find them, turned around,

walked to the right, looking and looking for my family, went at a distance. I spotted that red

umbrella and can I tell you as a little girl, that was a happy moment for me. I thought there they

are. I'm safe and everything is okay. You see, what I didn't realize was when I was out in that water,

those undercurrents were slowly taking me down the beach. It was so subtle, I was playing my

in my own business, but they just drug me all the way down the beach about two to three hundred,

maybe more feet down the beach. I didn't even realize what was happening to me. You know, in life,

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