Learning from our Kids

I love worship. I just love it. Sadly I do not do it enough. Sundays however it's my favorite part of the day, and this last Sunday was no exception. Jamie and his crew at Westport do a great job, and while pretty much wrapped up in singing to the Lord some words sparked some visuals in my head. We were singing and a few words poped out of the lyrics. "Trust" being the big one. Suddenly I remember the previous day @ my friend Ryan's house getting the kids used to a bigger and deeper swimming pool. Here is Zak our normally fearless one, very reluctant to get into the pool. Now he had a full life jacket on and there was no way he was going under. I was holding his hands on the side of the pool as he was in it floating. I said to him, Zak you need to trust me, I wont let anything bad happen to you. I'm right here. He was starting to cry / wimper and said "I don't want to trust you". So all of this flashed back into my head as I'm singing to God about how I trust him, and suddenly I'm thinking, wait, how many times have my actions said to God, "I don't want to trust you" so I do things my way. It's times like that, that make me so aware of our living and powerful God. He was clearing speaking to me and it brought me to tears. As I continued to sing and just reflect on that thought, the Holy Spirit also showed me that the life jacket that Zak is wearing is Salvation. It's what keeps us from drowning it's what we can put our faith in, it's what allows us to brave the deep waters. And like Zak the more we struggle the more we fear the more likely we are to swallow a little water or to float onto our back and appear to loose control. Still the life jacket is designed to save us to keep us afloat and with a little help from daddy's hand he puts us back up right floating along again.

It's just great how God is teaching me through my kids as I teach them. And with all my Kids I figure I'm going to be one smart man someday. Mostly tho, It was great to feel God's presence and to know he cares enough to share these things with me through his spirit. It's a feeling that's hard to describe, but one I long for and enjoy every second of.