Aspirations

From the birth of her fine strapping son, the mother had dreamed that he would become an Olympic swimmer. The son grew in strength and height and by practicing every day he became the very best swimmer.

On the day before a big competition, mother and son went to the ocean for a dress rehearsal. As her son swam confidently into the magnificent ocean the proud mother watched.

Soon he was so far away from the shore she could barely see him, when suddenly he began to flail his arms and she could see that he was in trouble she began to scream for someone to help her. A man came to stand by her side and she pleaded with him to help her son. He agreed to help the woman and they stood on the shore and watched the young man in the water thrash and flail with both arms making the waters around him froth with his struggles.

Finally the young man became very still and began to slip beneath the waters. The man on the shore dived into the waters, swam out to the semi-conscious young man and brought him safely back to shore. After performing artificial respiration, the young man opened his eyes and looked into the face of his distraught mother. The mother gave a sign of relief and looked at the man who had saved her son. "Oh thank you, thank you for saving my son," said the mother, and then with a little irritation in her voice she said, "but tell me, why did you wait so long?" The man answered, "Well I knew I could reach him in time, but I had to wait until he stopped struggling and trying to save himself or he would probably have drowned both of us."

It is simple, and so many of us wear ourselves out with the struggle, if we just let go and let God, He has the answer to any problem and He has promised us through Jesus, that if we just ask and believe He will show us the way.

"And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk in it" Isaiah 30:21

"Light will shine on your ways: Job 22:28