Thought 272
Saved from the current
On
one trip of my early outdoor ventures me and my Dad went with a friend and his
dad on a canoe/camping trip. On this trip me and my friend tried seeing how far
we could walk through the strong current of the water. Now the water was only
about eighteen inches to two feet deep so how hard could it be? We started to
wade out. Now our dads were with us too, but after wading a short distance the
water was too much for me and I fell. I held onto the river bed with my hands
trying not to be pulled away in the current and I couldn’t stand back up. My
face was above the water but I had to keep a firm grip on the rocks on the
river bed to keep from being pulled away.
At
just the right time, my Dad came to the rescue and pulled me back to the
river’s edge were our campsite lay on the beach. Now my Dad probably doesn’t
remember that time, but because I couldn’t swim at that time and the fear of
that moment has stuck with me for a long time. God has helped me realize that my
dad reflects my Heavenly Father. HE watches over me and pulls me up just when
the temptation or the circumstance or the situation is too great for me to
bear.
Here is a comforting
note friend:
God has promised us in
the Scripture that we will never be tempted more than we can bear ( 1 Cor.
10:12&13); likewise I believe that God’s Word is true and He will never
allow us to go through something that is too great for us. We cannot be
defeated if we are humbly placing our trust in Him!
