• Aug. 17, 2007 - Swimming in Deep Waters
Today we got together with a few other friends to go swimming again. A friend has generously been sharing their pool with us this summer so we've been there quite a bit. Jon (6) hasn't ever had swim lessons and since he just LOVES the water, I just told him to wear his life jacket in the deep end.
Well I'd been noticing how well he swam underwater in the shallow end and how the life jacket seemed to slowing him down more than helping him, so today we took off the life jacket and off he went into the deep waters. He didn't quite know what to think about it at first. He thought I had forgotten that he couldn't swim or something. So I just had to encourage him that I thought he could and I swam alongside him as his confidence grew.
It was so wonderful to watch. The older kids and moms there were all so encouraging and helped keep an eye on the rookie fish in deep water. And Jon learned that he COULD swim. And that it really was A LOT of fun!
And it just kind of reminded me of how we get so comfortable with our life jackets and how God has to encourage us to let go of those things. It feels so scary to us, but God isn't worried for us because He knows that He is going to be there with us every step of the way... and He wants us to experience that joy and not to miss out on things.
And for this mama, watching her little one go out into the deep waters was a little like going out into deep waters myself. |
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• Aug. 18, 2007 - Special Request
Special Request:
My beautiful Chrysanthemum (DD) will be 17 tomorrow (Sat. Aug 18th). I'd like to suprise her with LOTS! of birthday greetings from around the blog-o-sphere. Please visit her blog (RedwallWindow) and leave a comment. Thanks and Spread the word to others.
Julie