Don't fall Overboard

Have you ever had one of those late night conversations with God where you ask "God, if (fill in the blank) happens, I will know that I'm on the path that you want me to be on."?
I heard someone tell a story about that same thing on the radio the other day.  He said he told/asked God "If somehow my son ends up with the ball, shoots and makes it I will know you are with me."

Now I don't want to get all of my Aggie friends mad at me, but last night as I watched the 16 inning whopper of a baseball game between TCU and A&M, I laughingly said to God "If the Frogs win this game in the bottom of this inning (the 16th), I will know that I am doing what I am supposed to be doing with the books that I'm writing." (Did you catch that? It said bookS - plural)

Well, the Frogs pulled it out thanks to a couple of errors on the Aggies and the game ended in the bottom of the 16th inning.  It was after 1 in the morning and I was tired.  But as I went to bed I started to think about this some more.  Yes, I was still a little excited about the win and the trip to the College World Series.

So now I have two different books that I am working on this summer.  I have started working on both of them and they are completely different.  One is a children's book and the other is related to that calling I keep hearing about Encouragement.

But as I lay there last night I thought about the saying we have all heard "Let Go and Let God."  Such a short simple little phrase.  But in the quiet of the night I heard more.

I think in the past I have used that phrase to say "Hey, I trust that God will take care of this." Last night the conversation was more like "I will be by your side as you travel down this path.  We will do this together."

Together.  Yes. I cannot just turn everything over to God.  We are in a partnership.  God is the one steering the ship, but I am his first mate.  A positive result will only come about because I trust God and he trusts me and we both do our jobs.

This will be an interesting journey over the next few months as I figure out how to get my thoughts on paper and out to the world, but I know that it will be easier as long as I remember who is in control.

I'm not really letting Go, I Am letting God steer the ship. Here's to not falling overboard when the waters get choppy.