Today my mom and I took my kids on one last float trip this summer. We were really blessed to find a place that rented two person kayaks as we only had two adults and two kids. We floated a river that we had not floated in over a decade and normally we take canoes so it was a little bit of uncharted territory.
Luckily for us, it is really difficult to flip a kayak. However, in the first two miles, I think I managed to swamp the boat three times! Which resulted in a kid who was freaking out! After going the wrong way and totally getting hung up in a tree... I realized we had forgotten to pray over our boat and the float itself before we put in the water. So while I was pulling us out of the mess, I told my daughter to start praying. ~ It also completely helped my kiddo calm down.
After that, I got this revelation that if I did less work... very little paddling and just went with the flow of the river... it was smooth sailing. The kayak would just slip past debris and over the low spots and slide around the corners with very little assistance from me. Occasionally I would have to dip my paddle in the water to steer the boat slightly, but not very often.
It was only after I got this concept that I was able to enjoy the float and I also had the opportunity to teach my kids this same lesson as well.
There are so many times in my life when I spend so much time paddling hard and working hard and all I end up with is sore arms and stress and running into things.
Time to trust God and take my paddle out of the water for awhile!
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