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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