Friday, May 27, 2011

Trust

Well, we have started that time of year where I spend hours in the hot sun "encouraging" my boys to swim fast. This year, Madison has joined the Swim Team as well. She is a brand new swimmer, never had any lessons before this. She is excited, yet sometimes fearful of letting go of the coach, lane rope, wall, etc. Today, she went off the starting block for the first time. I say, she went off, but she did have some assistance from me. See, she was afraid to jump in. Coach Emily was right there to catch her, but as is typical with little ones sometimes, she didn't want to jump. So I "helped" her jump in several times. I have the advantage, as I totally trust the coach and know that she won't let anything happen to Madison. But Madison isn't there yet, she is still learning what will be okay. My hope is as she swims with this coach more, she will develop that trust, and confidence in her own ability. And she has made such improvement in just the few short days she has been to practice. And she loves Coach Emily!

I can relate to Madison a bit here. I'm at a point in my life where I need to trust in God. With the recent loss of my sister, I find myself wondering if I will ever feel any better. If I will get to the point where it isn't an effort to get through the day. If I thought that this was how it was going to be forever, I think I would just give up. But I know that God is there and He will walk me through this. I just have to be brave enough to "jump off the starting block" to Him.

The prayers, cards, meals, phone calls, hugs, etc have been such a comfort to me, thank you, friends!

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