When the water is raging, just stay in the boat.

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There comes a time when we are going to face a crisis, or raging waters, as the title to today's blog states.  We won't always know when or where those raging waters are going to come from, but rest assured they will come to each of us at some point in our life.  The question is what are you going to do when you face these situations?  What actions will you take? What mental attitude will you assume?  What option will you pick?  There's a commercial out right now that I'm sure most of you have seen.  It has these four young adults whose vehicle has broken down in what could only be described as a very scary, almost Nightmare on Elm Street scary location.  They are trying to decide what to do.  Get back in the car, or hide in this wind blown shack with knifes, hatchets, and other objects.  Of course they appear to pick the wrong place.  What happens to them is only speculation, face it, it's only a 60 second commercial.  The point of my dribble this morning is to say that often when we come face to face with raging waters, the best course of action is to simply stay in the boat.

Difficult situations sometimes make people do some crazy things, thus what we know to be truth we begin to question the validity of that truth.  When we are face to face with conflict we sometimes forget that we control our thoughts, not someone else.  When everything around us is turning to you know what, we forget that most of what we see is simply an illusion, and we should focus on what we know to be truth, and not some fictitious situation that simply isn't real.  I get that this is not always easy to do, and I get that when faced with raging waters we often aren't thinking with a level head.  

It seems to me that this entire planet has been put through the wringer the last year and a half.  What we once thought was normal is no longer normal.  What we once thought was impossible, is now staring us in the face. What does one do when faced with raging waters?  We stay the course, we stay in the boat.  We continue to do what we know, and don't let what is happening around you make you think you are not on the right track.  I know how easy it is to get side tracked.  I get how things can get in the way, make you want to throw your hands up in the air and just say enough is enough.  I know all too well the feelings of desperation,  of being all alone with no one there to aid us in our time of need.  First off, you are never alone.  As a created being you are connected to everything else in the universe.  Yes this may sound crazy, it may seem unrealistic, but we are one mind, one creation, and the sooner you realize this the sooner you can benefit from this Universal Consciousness.  

Let me ask you this:  if you take a bucket of water out of the ocean, isn't it still ocean water?  Certainly it has changed location, but it is still water.  Let me ask another question:  Isn't water from say the West Coast of the United States, the same water from the East Coast of the United States?  What I'm saying is that it is connected.  It may be in different locations, but still connected, by virtue that it is sea water.  Well it's the same thing with we mere mortals.  We are all interconnected, we are all one mind, we are all one creation.  Why when we are faced with difficult situations do we not rely on others to help us?  Most of the time we try to do things on our own out of pride.  We don't want others to know that we have struggles.  We don't want others to know that we might not have all the answers.  Let's get real for a moment, do you really think that we have all the answers, all the time?  I know I don't, and I'm not afraid to admit that.  If I were to see you being tossed about by the raging waters, and I yell out to you to stay in your boat, and you ignore my suggestions, and jump out, did you just cut off your own nose to spite your face?  Here's what I'm trying to say:  we can't do it alone.  Not only can we not do it alone, we shouldn't want to do it alone.

Let's see if I can't wrapped this all together as many may think I am jumping about too much today.  Believe you me, when I write, I'm only downloading what is given to me, and I trust that God is giving it to me, the way that God wants it to come out.  So here's the bottom line:  we will never be put though, or be given more than we can handle.  Now you may have to extend your faith to believe this, but the power you process is beyond most people's imagination.  Your power is unlimited, yet it can be limited by the depth of your faith in your power.  No matter what may be thrown at you, no matter how raging the water might be, you have all that you need to survive the storm.  As I have said so many times in the past, no one ever said that life was going to be simple, but that doesn't mean we have to complicate it even more by forgetting that we are more than able to created our own reality.  We have been placed here for a specific reason, and we have been equipped perfectly to be, and do what we were intended to do.  Many, many people are at the end of their rope right now.  Many people have leaped out of the boat that is there to keep them safe from the ravages of the storm, and are finding it difficult to hop back in.  If you need help getting back into the safety of the boat, reach out and accept the assistance of others.  If the assistance you seek seems to be no where, then open your heart and listen to what it is telling you.

We are all at a precipice right now.  Many feel as though they have already started to go over the edge, while others are literally hanging on by a thumbnail.  If you refuse to give up, if you refuse to give in, then you will see what has to come to pass, come to pass.  If life did not have challenges, then it is doubtful that you would ever fully appreciate all the goodness that is out there for you.  No one will ever get to the end of a journey, or a trip, if they never take the first step.  If you refuse to take the first step because you are scared, because you have allowed the raging waters to intimidate you, you will never get to your destiny.  

So when you are experiencing the raging waters, know that your boat is unsinkable.  The boat may be tossed about, the scare may seem real, but if you will hold fast to the truth of who and what you are, the waters will become still, and all will begin to settle down.  Know this:  you are divine, you are eternal, and you cannot be destroyed.