As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit. ~Emmanuel
Saturday we went ice skating at the request of my big boy. He has visions of himself spinning and twirling. I tried to convince him that he’d have to take it slow. But he wanted to hear none of that—until he got on the ice and realized he had to take it slow. By the third go-round, he was ready to get off the wall and skate without help, without holding my hand. And I was nervous. There were teenagers whipping by and it was just no place for a six-year-old out on the ice for the first time. Yet, I let go. And he fell. And he cried. And my heart ached as I looked at his red hand and face full of tears.
Faith is a lot like that. Cling to the edge and you don’t really get what you want. Launch out into the deep and that’s where the waves get treacherous. You may get pulled under for a second. Real faith is no cake walk. It’s risky. Scary. You may fall. But God’s hand is right there to pull you up. Wipe away tears. And watch you launch into the deep all over again. It makes His heart happy.
