Taking it slow at times is good!
Yesterday, Ethan and I took the twins to Indiana Beach.
We were meeting my youngest sister and her children along with a friend for a day of fun activities.
One of those activities was taking turns riding on the twins.
No one had ever been on a jet ski so this would be a new experience for them all.
When we met them in the parking lot, I could sense the anxiety building up in most of them.
My little sister even mentions her anxiety about riding one as we visited for a minute.
Isaiah was the first to ride solo while I led the way.
I smiled as I realized that getting up to twenty miles an hour might take a few minutes. I remember that it took Ethan quite some time to finally hit the maximum of forty miles an hour.
It is the fear of the unknown that makes you go slow at first. Trying to learn how the personal watercraft is going to react to your inputs of the steering and acceleration. And honestly, even though it is just water, there is the fear of falling off.
But this is a good fear. We should respect the machine, or we set ourselves up for failure, amen?
This is the same with our walk with the Lord. The first step is that same kind of good fear.
Proverbs 1:7 KJV The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Everyone eventually reached that maximum speed on the jet ski.
But they reached it with respect to the machine. (That good fear)
Once everyone was done riding, Tammy and I took the twins back to the lakeside cottage. The last forty minutes of the ride is in a No Wake zone! That is at 3-5 MPH! Ethan says it is VERY BORING! LOL
Tammy and I enjoyed the slow ride back taking in the scenery and all the lakeside cottage views.
I had already made this long trip twice and had not hit a stump but this trip I hit three stumps! Three very good reasons to be going at idle speed! Amen?
In today’s world everybody is in a hurry to do everything. Many are preoccupied with the cares of the world and miss some of the best things in life.
Tammy and I will reminisce about that long slow ride the rest of our life.
The serene scenes that God painted before us and brought to life as we passed by.
All that would be missed at 40MPH not to mention what would have happened when hitting a stump!
God wants us to slow down with him as well. So many times we are going 100MPH to get some menial task done and he just wants us to slow down and spend time with him, Amen?
Luke 10:38-42 MSG (38) As they continued their travel, Jesus entered a village. A woman by the name of Martha welcomed him and made him feel quite at home. (39) She had a sister, Mary, who sat before the Master, hanging on every word he said. (40) But Martha was pulled away by all she had to do in the kitchen. Later, she stepped in, interrupting them. "Master, don't you care that my sister has abandoned the kitchen to me? Tell her to lend me a hand." (41) The Master said, "Martha, dear Martha, you're fussing far too much and getting yourself worked up over nothing. (42) One thing only is essential, and Mary has chosen it—it's the main course and won't be taken from her."
Have a slow and blessed day today!
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Amen