Swimming Lessons

This summer I decided that my 9 yr old should learn to swim. I looked at the local summer swim programs, but I didn't think she would really participate. My son was once on a swim team, but I didn't think she would listen to him either. Finally, I found an individual who was perfect for the job. She lives nearby, is a Red Cross certified swim instructor and, here's the best part, she was my daughter's Pre-K teacher. 

For the first few lessons, I heard about how I was ruining her summer and she did NOT want to take swimming lessons. I looked at her and said, "Sorry, you're taking lessons." She cried, she complained, and my Mom took her to the pool for each lesson. (Thanks Mama!)

After having a lesson once or twice a week since the summer began, my child was so excited on Thursday because she swam in the deep end of the pool. She was thrilled and so was I. It's been hard insisting that she take lessons, but I knew she would be happier and I would be more comfortable when she visits friends to go swimming.

Ezekiel 47:5 Again he measured one thousand cubits, and it was a river that I could not cross; for the water was too deep, water in which one must swim, a river that could not be crossed. 

We all face 'deep water' in which we must swim, even though we are not born knowing how to make it through. But then God uses our life lessons to prepare us for the crossing. We look back and say, "We made it!"