Something Happened, By Karen Rowe

Years ago, 2 girls on a PWC were innocently chasing our wave as we pulled Alan on a kneeboard. We tried to wave them away, but they didn’t understand. They missed Alan’s head by feet when he fell. Thank God nothing bad happened.

Yet when they knew, they ran away! Perhaps, that has always been the catalyst to my distrust of EVERY PWC … until this weekend.

Ever since, I fought for MY rules, & I would overreact as IF it was then…and a fight would begin about who was right.

I drove my point of controlling protection home to the point of offense often. My husband eventually become very understanding of how I felt.
YET I didn’t realize it was MY FEELING that was wrong; I really thought everyone else was wrong. I sensed real danger = fear afterall.

Yesterday, something was different after all these years; I didn’t sense danger; AND TRUTH happened as 2 things happened.

A black pontoon boat POLITELY turned & my son said, “it wasn’t going to hit me mom.” My husband used the world POLITE & CONSIDERATE and the LIGHT went off to that fear that had gripped me all those years.

DANIEL was right, that boat wasn’t going to hit him, AND I needed to see that boat yield FOR ME. It was a fear that I was letting go of as this all happened. I realized this is the Way of confession.

Friends, when we receive this we will never be the same. Relationships can be complicated, because everyone is dealing with something.

But ownership of that thing is freeing to our soul! It was my issue and I made it real, but when understanding comes…it is as light shines in the darkness of our heart.

I had to be willing to confess.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 Jn 1:9 NASB