We have the privilege of doing a friends chores and using their pool while they are gone for the weekend. Today was hot and the water was perfect! It was the first time in several years of them letting us use their pool while they were away that I actually enjoyed swimming! Usually the children are saying “it’s not that bad” when in actuality it’s down-right cold!
I am always prayerful before and while we are swimming. I know the dangers that can happen under a watchful eye if you are distracted for even a few minutes. I hope I always remember to thank God for safety He has provided at the end of our day. Today it was very clear to me how God answered my prayer.
Jubilee had taken off her life jacket and gone to the swing set for awhile. When she came back she forgot that she wasn’t wearing her life jacket and ran directly to the deep end and jumped! I firmly believe it was God that made me recognize as she was about to jump that she didn’t have her life jacket on. I constantly count heads, but recognizing that a life jacket was missing in such a short time isn’t likely for my easily distracted mind.
It is possible that if the circumstances were different and my attention was elsewhere at the time that she could have drowned before I even realized she wasn’t at the swing set anymore. It’s a sobering thought, but I know that God is in control and He is able to guide my thoughts to the important details in a moment of time. I praise God that I was able to kiss her sweet warm lips goodnight tonight!
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