What's in a name?

Okay, so the name of my blog is Reverse Skate. I thought about naming it "Antipodal Glide," "Contradictory Slip," or " Diametric Slide." Do you know what "reverse skate" means? Here's an excerpt from my book where Karla talks about "reverse skate." Unfortunately, when you read a blog, the last post posted is at the top, so if you haven't been here before, please start down at my previous post entitled "The Preface."

Excerpt:
But even more than skating, Karla loved the atmosphere of the rink, the lights, the loud music playing. She had grown up skating to “Daydream Believer” by the Monkees. She loved the smell of the popcorn and the spicy Frito pies that gave everyone a stomachache by 9:00 o’clock. She loved the chorus of pinball machines against the back wall and the ugly, floral carpet by the snack bar that looked like it had never been cleaned. Even if she had been fast enough for the races, she would never have raced. Competition was not Karla’s thing. She lacked confidence in almost every skill she had.


While ironing a blouse, Karla wondered if tonight would by like all the other skate nights, most of the boys and girls skating separate of one another, the “cool” people either in the center of the rink or in the bathroom [omitted for content]. About halfway through the session, the Hokey Pokey was played. This was about the only extra thing Karla participated in. Several times during the evening, the deejay would blow his whistle and call “reverse skate,” where everyone was expected to skate in a clockwise direction. Karla hated this; it didn’t feel natural. She sometimes wondered what they would do to her if she just continued skating in a counter-clockwise direction. My whole life has been spent in reverse skate, she thought.

Now, remember, Karla is not me, but this one thing we share - I feel like I have spent my entire life in reverse skate, a salmon swimming upstream, if you will. It is very uncomfortable, discouraging and exhausting, as well.But knowing that Jesus has poured out his love to me has gotten me through it. And you will see that he did thee same for Karla -- and the best part is that he did the same for you, too!!!

But pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world. --C.S. Lewis

~Peace to you~