Teaching kids to wakeboard is one of my favorite things…watching their eyes light up when they see what they can do. It takes grit to get on top of the water. Every time I wakeboard, I still get a little nervous when the boat takes off. It reminds me of pushing through and trusting God. “Okay God, here we go.”
We were supposed to start school this week. With an email that was surprising to me on Friday…we aren’t any longer. How I feel in the water with the wakeboard hooked to my feet is how I feel about the fall, but this time I have a few tears in my eyes as the boat is about to start and I’m not sure I like where it is headed. Taking off into the unknown, returning to the pressure of potentially teaching our kids, and a reality that isn’t what I wanted. But again, we can choose to say, “Okay God, here we go.” It’s the “we” that’s important. We don’t have to do it alone.
The weeks ahead feel like proceeding. After you get up on the wakeboard, the boat or just unsteadiness can pull you out of the wake. The waves and bubbles make the water look rough. When you keep your eyes on the wake, you fall every time. When you keep your eyes on the horizon, you glide right over the wake, because you don’t get caught up in your own fear. Your legs will handle the roughness when your eyes are centered. That’s my favorite thing about wakeboarding. When you keep your eyes up, you glide right over the wake. When your gaze is fixed, your feet are steady.
In the weeks ahead, where we place our gaze is going to be essential. None of this is surprising to God, but we must proceed with our eyes centered on Him. Fight for it. Even when we get caught up in the details, we can choose better in the next moment; again and again, fixing our eyes on the Author of Life. He already knows your story.
HLLF,
