Just Keep Swimming

When I took my kids swimming one day I had the most amazing revelation. I had been going through one of the toughest seasons in my life and asked god," How do I trust you?' I was so afraid to go forward after battling so much pain from my entire life and I didn't know how to operate in faith. God found a way to answer me in the most beautiful experience. My son was swimming and wanted to go into the deep end, but was so afraid to swim to me. I said to my child, "Do you not trust me? Swim to mommy, I've got you." He clung to the edge, but finally pushed off and swam to me. He didn't sink nor did he have trouble swimming, but it was the fear that would have stopped him from even trying. He swam over and over again to me, without sinking, but became less fearful and more trusting in his mama. I reassured him that he was safe and that there was nothing that could hurt him because I was there to catch him. He even told me to scoot back more and more so he could swim a longer distance. The Holy Spirit spoke to me that day and said, "Do you get it now? This is the lesson that God has for us all. We are all clinging to the edge, fearful and afraid to reach our goals. Untrusting of the process and afraid that we will fail, but if we just trust in him we will find that he is always there to catch us. There is beauty and strength built into the process when god is shaping us. We can cling to the edge of the pool and be too scared to take the leap of faith, or we can swim. If we chose to swim it may get tiring, but we have a God that will catch us when we get tired. The more we trust in God the more that we begin to trust his process. If I didn't back up a little so that my son could learn to swim a further distance, then he wouldn't have learned how. God is always letting us learn something, and that is why it is called a process. He wants us to seek him in everything, but also he is shaping us on the potter's wheel and building us in character! So, you guys, you won't drown, God is right there with you so you are safe! Take a leap of faith and begin to trust God in everything that you do. He will never let you drown, but if you sink he is right there to pull you up!