WAVES

Dad are you going to hit this?   It was too late to do anything different.  Wham and we were airborne.

July in Arkansas is miserable and being outside is awful.   So what do you do?  You find cool air anywhere you can find it. 

We decided to travel to the river just to feel whatever breeze was available.  Off we went.  We were loaded with everything we needed for a short afternoon ride.  As we were moseying down the river, no let me rephrase that, my husband doesn’t mosey he is full speed ahead.   We noticed another boat coming towards us.  It wasn’t a boat you would normally see at the river.  This was a boat that should be in the ocean, it was large.  All of us were staring trying to figure out what in the world this boat was doing.  That was when it happened.  Anna was the only one not gawking  at the oncoming boat.  Into the trailing waves of the boat we went.  Up in the air sideways.  My sister in law hit the floor, I held on and Anna covered her head.  We didn’t just hit one wave we hit two. 

All of us hit a wave at times in our lives.  We may hit one, we may even hit two.  We may not see it coming and it may send us airborne.  We can be traveling full speed ahead with everything going just the way we had planned and wham we are knocked to the ground. 

When this happens we have no other choice but to get up and get going again.  Going in the direction the Lord wants us to go.

My mind ventures to the Bible and Jonah.  The large waves came crashing into the boat.  That is when He got tossed overboard and into the belly of the whale.  It wasn’t until he realized he must follow the Lords path that he was able to get up and ride the waves. 

In Biblical times and in our days we all hit waves, especially if we are following our own path and not the Lords.  Whether you survive or not depends on if the Lord is in the boat with you. 

None of us are immune to hardships, but with the Lord guiding us we can hit the waves head-on and survive.

Psalm 65:5-8New International Version (NIV)

5 

You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds,

    God our Savior,

the hope of all the ends of the earth

    and of the farthest seas,

6 

who formed the mountains by your power,

    having armed yourself with strength,

7 

who stilled the roaring of the seas,

    the roaring of their waves,

    and the turmoil of the nations.

8 

The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders;

    where morning dawns, where evening fades,

    you call forth songs of joy.

Don’t panic or hit the floor when you hit the big wave.  Embrace the collision and follow the Lords plans for you.