http://www.southerngospelblog.com/archives/2296 Positive Daily Commentary on Southern Gospel Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:35:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.southerngospelblog.com/archives/2296/comment-page-1#comment-21059 Casey Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:23:07 +0000 http://www.southerngospelblog.com/?p=2296#comment-21059 I just had a recent experience a couple of weeks ago that brought me to the same conclusion. I went for a walk on my farm by myself. I had walked about half a mile, and I decided to walk along the edge of the pond. Well, what I thought was the edge, was out over the pond, but I couldn't tell it because of the ice. I fell through the ice, and immediately I panicked and thought of all the people I hadn't told I loved them, all the things I never got to do, all the things I had avoided doing that I knew I should... For goodness' sake, I haven't even turned 16 yet! But then, my foot hit the bottom. I had only fallen in up to my knees, and I was able to pull myself out of the icy water, and I called my dad to come pick me up on the truck. Over the next few days, I thought about how amazing it was that I could come so close to not being here anymore, but yet come away with only a few bruises. If I had been out a couple of more feet, or four more feet under, I wouldn't be here. I can't swim, much less in icy water. But God knew He wasn't done with me yet, and used that as a lesson to get me to be fervent about His calling for my life. I just had a recent experience a couple of weeks ago that brought me to the same conclusion. I went for a walk on my farm by myself. I had walked about half a mile, and I decided to walk along the edge of the pond. Well, what I thought was the edge, was out over the pond, but I couldn’t tell it because of the ice. I fell through the ice, and immediately I panicked and thought of all the people I hadn’t told I loved them, all the things I never got to do, all the things I had avoided doing that I knew I should… For goodness’ sake, I haven’t even turned 16 yet! But then, my foot hit the bottom. I had only fallen in up to my knees, and I was able to pull myself out of the icy water, and I called my dad to come pick me up on the truck. Over the next few days, I thought about how amazing it was that I could come so close to not being here anymore, but yet come away with only a few bruises. If I had been out a couple of more feet, or four more feet under, I wouldn’t be here. I can’t swim, much less in icy water. But God knew He wasn’t done with me yet, and used that as a lesson to get me to be fervent about His calling for my life.

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