FEAR:

One day, I decided to try something new. I took
my ten-year-old son out on the St. Croix River
on a Waverunner. A Waverunner is a small
boating vehicle resembling a motorcycle.

We donned life jackets and embarked on an
experience that turned out to be both exhilarating
and frightening: exhilarating when I let myself
enjoy it; frightening when I thought too much
about what I was doing and all the terrible things
that could happen.

Midway through our ride, my worst fear came
true. We took a spill. We were floundering in
thirty feet of water. The Waverunner was
bobbing on the waves in front of me, like a
motorized turtle on its back.

“Don’t panic,” my son said calmly.

“What if we drown?” I objected.

“We can’t,” he said. “We have life jackets on.
See! We’re floating.”

“The machine is upside down,” I said. “How are
we going to turn it over?”

“Just like the man said,” my son answered. “The
arrow points this way.”

With an easy gesture, we turned the machine
right-side up.

“What if we can’t climb back on?” I asked.

“We can,” my son replied. “That’s what
Waverunners were made for: climbing on in the
water.”

I relaxed and as we drove off, I wondered why
I had become so frightened. I thought maybe it’s
because once I almost drowned when I wasn’t
wearing a life jacket.

But you didn’t drown then either, a small voice
inside reassured me. You survived.

Don’t panic.

Problems were made to be solved. Life was made
to be lived. Although sometimes we may be in
over our heads – yes, we may even go under for a
few moments and gulp a few mouthfuls of water,
we won’t drown. We’re wearing – and always
have been wearing – a life jacket. That support
jacket is called “God”.

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