because DADDY said i could

I backed my truck up to a trailer for the first time this afternoon. I was nervous when I first learned that I would need to for my daddy. I asked him, "I have to back the truck up to the trailer?" And he replied, "Yeah, but you can do it." I backed the truck through our dirt yard down to the little blue barn today and got it lined up with the trailer on the first try. I knew I could do it because Daddy had said that I could.

God does the same thing with all of us that are His children. I was able to back that truck up to the trailer because before I started driving FORWARD, Daddy taught me how to back with my mirrors. And he said every now and then, it's okay to turn around and look through the back window. But only when you are backing a trailer or backing up to a trailer. I was able to do what Daddy needed me to do because he has prepared me, taught me, shown me, and encouraged me. God does the exact same thing! He teaches us how to do something and has something awesome up His sleeve for later! We don't know why He wants us to do some things right now, but later on we will find out! He is preparing us constantly. He is always teaching us and showing us how to do what He wants us to do.  My Daddy was patient in teaching me how to back with my mirrors at 14 and 15 years old. He was determined that his girls would know how to back....with their mirrors....in our 15 passengers van. And so we did. God is determined to give us what is best. And sometimes that can take a while. Some lessons are hard to learn, but they are worth it. Always.

Right now, it may feel like God is trying to teach you to swing dance backwards with rain coming down and the floods coming up. Maybe He is. But you can get through those waters because God is your dance partner and you have to let Him lead. When you back, it helps a whole lot when someone is standing at the back f your vehicle directing you. Let God do that. Let Him lead you. Let Him direct you.  Talk to Him. Feel His Holy Spirit holding you. You are His child. He wants you to sit in His lap and rest in Him.

Jeremiah 6:16

This is what the Lord says:

“Stand at the crossroads and look;
    ask for the ancient paths,
ask where the good way is, and walk in it,
    and you will find rest for your souls."