Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Mike was enjoying the start of his first whitewater rafting experience – until he heard the roar of the rapids up ahead. His emotions were flooded with feelings of uncertainty, fear and insecurity at the same time. Riding through the whitewater was the first-rate, white knuckle experience! And then, suddenly, it was over. The guide in the back of the raft had navigated us through. He was safe – at least until the next set of rapids.
Transitions in our lives are like whitewater. The inevitable leaps from one season of life to the next – college to career, singleness to marriage, career to retirement, marriage to widowhood – are marked by the uncertainty and insecurity.
In one of us the most significant transition recorded in the Old Testament history, Solomon assumed the throne from his father David. I’m sure he was filled with the “white-knuckle” uncertainty about the future. His father’s advice? “Be strong and of good courage, and do it; . . . for the Lord God, my God will be with you” (1 chronicle 28:20).
You’ll have your fair share of tough transitions in life. But with god in your raft you’re not alone. Keep your eyes on the One who is navigating the rapids. He has taken lots of others through before. Smooth water are just ahead.
`I am safe when the danger threatens,
For I’m trusting Christ the Lord;
Since He promised He’ll be with me,
Though I fear, my faith’s restored.
~god will guide you through the rapids of change.
joallisonagnes/7/03/2007 02:17:00 PM
