Today we had an Ice skating event with our church. Our whole family went and everyone except E-Beth and Erin went out on the ice. It is kind of an odd feeling for me being on skates. We skated once last year and before that it hadn't been since I was a teen in youth group since I had last gone skating. Once my skates hit the ice I felt really wobbly and off balance. It is a very awkward experience. However, very quickly I would gain my confidence and I go faster and faster and faster until by the end of our time I was as confident as I can be. It just amazes me that after all these years it just takes a few minutes to remember all over again how to ice skate.
I think life is lot like what I experienced today. It takes us time in certain things to gain our balance and our confidence with what we are doing or for that matter with what God is doing in us. So we gingerly move forward trusting at some moment we are going to get it. Sometimes we stumble sometimes we fall but in the end after time goes by and many struggles later there we are skating through life with God guiding the way. I think the point is it is so easy to get discouraged when things feel unfamiliar or awkward. Anything new or that we haven't tried in a long time will seem awkward at first. But the reward of working through those moments far outweighs our stumbles along the way in getting there. I can picture God coaxing us out onto the ice of life, to trust Him as we grow with Him, that things will become familiar.
Like when Isabel joined me out on the ice and she couldn't even stand on her own. I propped her up and held her and once she looked comfortable I started letting go more and more. Until for a few seconds I wasn't holding her at all I was just there to support her and guide her. If we can look at our faith like that we would better understand how God is there for us through our life development. There are times where His grip on us is tighter than at other times. There are times where we are moving forward and he is there to make sure we are all right. There are times where He has to pick us up after we fall. The point is he never leaves our side no matter how well it is going. There are just different levels of our development with Him. I pray that you have the courage to be out on the ice of life with God and are trusting him through the stumbling and bumbling moments...believing that he will be there to guide you along the way and that eventually you will get it, feel confident, and be moving along. Another thing. maybe it ahs been awhile since you tried skating out on the ice with God in life. Don't worry as soon as you step out there and try it again you will pick it up as quickly as I did. You can never be to far away from God to try and pick up your relationship with Him. Hey let's go skating together...see you out on the ice! Blessings, Your Dreaming Pastor
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I wonder if God minds if we use one of those little walker things while we're skating with Him???
I would say absolutely yes! It was also interesting to see all different kinds of people skating at all different kinds of abilities. There were kids 5 times younger than me that could skate circles around me. There were also adults that could barely stay on their feet. Reminds me that we are all on the same ice in life but that we are all at different places in our spiritual development and in our relationship with God. Cool stuff huh.
John.
I was catching up on your thoughts, it's like getting several sermons in a week. Todays'blog about being scared when you really see God in control of your life. I would say that I think to myself why am I so surprised that God answered a prayer or more scary to me a heart's desire that I never felt like I put in a formal prayer.
Know that I pray for you and your family daily. Perhaps you need to chose to go to Tawna's majorette competition. Old Fort seems to be a congregation of very capable people who can share God's love with or without the pastor. If you were sick, wouldn't the event still take place?
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