January 29, 2015
Potato Bowling
On our weekly trip to the library we checked out a book
called things to make out of cardboard.
Today Micah opened the book and found a Potato Bowling and Coin toss
game.
We searched the house for an old box, found an empty diaper
box in the garage that would work perfect. So we cleaned out some trash, cut
some holes in the box, selected three potatoes and “wa-la” we had a new
game.
This got me thinking.
The interesting thing about this game is the potatoes no matter how you
roll them they aren’t perfectly round so you don’t get the same result and even
at the last second they can change their course. So it is with us. We can follow our routine, do the right
thing, but sometimes things just don’t work the way we were hoping or that they
had worked in the past. What do we do
when things don’t go our way? Do we give up, call it quits, or keep
trying? Micah kept trying. He ended up beating me 260-180! I was trying too hard to find a technique or
strategy that would work…there isn’t one.
Just kinda luck.
I am so thankful that in life with God walking beside me
that I can hold fast to Deut. 31:8 The
Lord himself goes before you, he will never leave you, he will always be with
you, do not fear, do not be afraid. The
Lord is my shepherd. He will teach me
the right way, he will protect me, and lead me.
I can strive all I want to on my own but my efforts will produce
nothing. Let me roll with Him. Trusting Him.
That even if I don’t end up where I was planning to be or hoping too,
that His plan is best. His way is
good. And that He who began a good work
will be faithful to complete it.
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