Dive
I remember well the two summers I spent learning to swim as a kid. I was quite content to splash around in the 2 feet deep kids pool, but the 10 feet deep divers’ pool freaked me out, always! The deep pool had two diving boards and whenever we had to dive, I would hasten to the lower one and quickly jump in. I found the lower diving board less threatening than the higher one! 🙂
One day, however, my coach caught up with me and insisted that I try the higher jump. I shivered and shook as I inched towards the edge of the diving board. As I hesitated there, I remember the coach asking me to step aside as he plunged into the water in a matter of seconds. He called out to me from the water below, and suddenly the jump wasn’t all that scary. I took a deep breath and plunged in. I already knew how to swim, so rising up to the surface and swimming to the edge of the pool was easy. The dive wasn’t as bad as I had feared.
I look back and realize what a wonderful analogy that is to our spiritual lives. God doesn’t leave us without help, asking us to live life on our own. Instead, He came down, became man and experienced our life. Now, He is on the other side urging us onward as we strive to live a meaningful life.
God is always around – to instruct us, teach us and guide us. His still, small voice is ever ready to whisper an encouraging thought in our minds. All we have to do is trust Him and dive in… go where He calls, speak His Word, walk in His precepts, follow His leading… Go on, dive in; live the life He wants you to live. God’s got your back!
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Don’t you love that He coaches us in all He calls us to. That we aren’t left dangling from the high dive alone. That He shows us the way. Thanks for sharing your 5 minutes with me.
Absolutely! He’s the best! Thanks for stopping by.
Nice analogy and a good reminder!
Love this post! It brought back memories of the summer my children learned to dive off the board. They’d walk out to the end, look down, walk back to the steps, walk back to the end, look down… it would go on and on until they finally determined that we weren’t going to allow them to drown. We are so like that with the Lord! He is faithful to instruct us and keep us safe when we jump! My word for this year is ‘Fearless’ , and this is such a great analogy for faith over fear! Thanks!
I’m so glad you came by today Mary @ Woman to Woman, I wouldn’t have wanted to miss this post!
Blessings to you ~ Mary
Choosing faith over fear… That makes a lot of sense, Mary! God bless you!