This weekend I came to visit my parents at the lake. It has been a very much needed get away from home trip. All last week, I was going through spiritual warfare with a bunch of different situations I am dealing with at home. For one, I have been doubting about going on this mission trip for 11 months asking God how are you going to provide for this trip. I am so willing to go on this trip but the money has not been showing up. God has told me over and over again that he is going to provide. Even with the assurance of his voice i have been doubting. I believe I am called to go on this trip so I continually put my faith and trust in God. As I was coming to the lake I got to get a lot of stuff off of my mind. And when I got here I felt a peace with God. The first day I was here we hung out at the camp site for a while because the boat broke down. Then yesterday, the 4th of July, I was able to ride my parents friends jet skis all day. Wes and I went all around the lake just enjoying the water while we had a chance. Everything went very smooth yesterday and I had a blast. After we were finished riding, my friend Brooke and I were able to go watch a firework show that was fantastic. Then me and the family came back to the camp site and went to sleep. Up until this pointe I was still struggling with being happiness and doubting. So today I kept praying about this situation. I was asking God if it was suppossed to be like this or not. After I got done praying I went down to my parents friends camp site. When I arrived I looked at a sign on their tree that said BE HAPPY! I knew this was Gods answer to my prayer so I got out of my funky mood I had been in because of all this spiritual warfare and started being happy again. Then Les and I went out on the jet skis to ride again today. At first I was having a lot of fun riding down the tom bigby waterway. When Les and I came up to a bridge we decided to turn around and go back. However, before we started on our way back we started talking about giving God control of our lives. Right now I am learning how to trust God and give control to him. So I decided to give control to God as I was riding on the jet ski on the way back to the camp site. Everything was going smooth and I was very happy. I was riding the jet ski down the tom bigby and having so much fun. Then tradgic struck me. There was a family with four kids playing in the water to the right of me and a ski boat to the left side of me. The ski boat was pulling a skier behind them so I was trying to get out of their way. As I went to the right of them a huge wave from the boat came up beside me. I was going about 40 mph and the wave came over my jet ski and threw me off of it. Then I looked over and my jet ski went to the right of me headed right towards the families boat on the right side of me. The next thing I saw was the jet ski crashing right into the side of the families boat. The first thing I thought of was oh no what have I done… but then I thought to myself I had no control over that situation. God had thrown me off of the jet ski for a reason and he placed all of the children in the water where they would not be hurt. No one got hurt at all. Not even a scratch! Praise God!!! The jet ski and the boat are now damaged but that can be fixed and a human life could not have been replaced. God had total control over that situation and even though it was a bad crash I thank God for letting me and all the people that were involved live another day. If I would have tried to take control of that jet ski when it was turning towards the families boat I would probably be dead right now. I would have hit that boat going 40 mph and flew over the boat onto the rocks. I am learning to trust God on a daily basis and I am seeking Gods will. I have been reading a book about knowing and doing Gods will. It has really helped me walk in the will of God. God loves us so much. By the way I now have my happiness back and I am trusting that God has already provided for this trip and has great plans for my future. I am taking it one day at a time and trying my best to follow the will of God. This day happened for a reason and God is in control. We should learn to give control to God even when you don’t know what is going to happen next. God is our protector and provider!
