Welp, it’s the beginning of the summer (at least for me and work) and that means I’m working a ton of hours almost everyday of the week. I’m not gonna lie — I’m tired. Actually, I’m more than tired, I’m worn out, beat up, sunburnt with some weird tan lines from the guard tube and of course some cool chacos tans, and all kinds of things. It’s hard being out in the sun all day watching little children run around even when you tell them “NO RUNNING!!! FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS GOOD PLEASE WALK!” (okay maybe not exactly like that more like “Please walk, thank you”, but in my head I’m definitely yelling and hardcore rolling my eyes.) Being a lifeguard is actually a really fun job don’t get me wrong, and working at a water park? Heck yeah bro its pretty sweet! But I’m exhausted. Today is my one day off before I work from this Wednesday to next Saturday (that’s 11 days from open to close) yeah. I’m tired.
The point of this blog is relating my job to what God is showing me right now. I know you’ve probably all heard this “Jesus is my lifeguard” saying and yeah man that’s right. He really is. Being a lifeguard is fricken hard business. Props to Jesus on this one. I can’t even fathom that He is literally watching over all of us, every child, every woman, every man, everything — protecting us from getting hurt. He is yelling (in a nice, polite, pleasant way) “Walk, do not run, you will get hurt” to protect us. He is enforcing life jacket rules so we won’t drown and when we’re a lil rebellious and don’t feel like putting on the life jacket there He is activating the EAP (or as we like to call it at work “Emergency Action Plan”) and jumping in to save us. He’s out there waiting for us at the bottom of the slides getting some crazy tan lines waiting to help us get out of the pool when we can’t find the bottom (even if the pool is 3 ft 6 in and you’re a 6’4 grown man.) He’s there waiting for you.
As I’m preparing for this trip I’m putting in a lot of hours at work, I may miss a few Sundays at church and it truly breaks my heart, I may be gone from the house and my family for 11 days only getting to see them after 7pm these next weeks but God is still moving and doing really big things in my heart.
I am so thankful for my lifeguard and that He is always there to catch me when I feel like I’m drowning.
