"Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him." - Psalm 62:5
In the past we've gone tubing on Antietam Creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland. During droughts the water can be almost too shallow to let us float unimpeded down the creek, as evidenced by this dog that wanted to join us. Lilias Trotter wrote in her journal about shallow water and deep waters: "I am come into deep waters took on a new meaning this morning. It started with perplexing matters concerning the future. Then it dawned that shallow waters were a place where you can neither sink nor swim, but in deep waters it is one or the other: 'waters to swim in'--not to float in. Swimming is the intense, most strenuous form of motion--all of you is involved in it--and every inch of you is in abandonment of rest upon the water that bears you up."
For Lilias this was a picture of trusting God in the "deep waters" as she endeavored to reach the Muslims in Algiers in the late 1800s for Christ. We are often thrust into the "deep waters" so that our only option is to sink or swim--to be afraid or to have faith that God will save us. It's in these "testings" that we discover who we are and who God is.
I am grateful for the deep water because it is then I learn what it means to trust God and leads me into an even deeper relationship with Him.
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