Jasmine's Place Issue No. 12 - July/August 2014 | Page 15

“Hey, Daddy, I bet you can’t catch
me.” happen to this little guy.”
A pair of short, stubby legs, that
could barely outrun a tortoise, does
his version of a race close to where
I’ve retreated and heads for the open
waters. Isn’t that what Jesus wanted Peter to
believe?! “…It is I; do not be
afraid…Come…O you of little faith…”
Where IS Daddy? It looks as if this
little guy isn’t going to stop.
Just before two little feet go for the
foamy end of a wave, I feel the sharp
spray of sand as two lanky legs sprint
past me. With few seconds to spare,
a man scoops up the happy, arm
flinging racer and carries him on his
shoulder out into the surging waters.
Whew! He just made it in time.
I interrupt their trek on the way back
to their beach spot.
“You gave me a scare, little guy.”
He glares at me with a furrowed
brow. What IS this lady talking
about?
But his father understands. He
caresses his son’s damp curls and
grins at me.
“Don’t worry, Ma’am, I have it all
under control. We play this game all
the time when we come to the
beach. He knows I would let nothin’
His revelation replaces my
trepidation, and I see beyond the
shallow waters of my faithlessness.
Beyond the safety of the shoreline, in
the turbulent and risky deep, that’s
where miracles happen, and where
we learn what faith can do.
Nothing much has changed since that
day by the ocean. I’m still the same
stay behind the scenes, “not I, Lord,
somebody else can do it better”
person. But miracles happened in
spite of me.
That summer, Jesus and I held the
largest, most fun-packed Vacation
Bible School in the history of our
church. And like the net that almost
broke with the over abundance of
fish when Peter “launched out in the
deep,” we almost had more children
than we could handle.
And the kids weren’t the only ones
having a blast during those two
weeks of miracles. I had a great time
walking with Jesus where I would
never have gone on my own, and
knowing He would not let me sink.
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