I love our golden too–she’s a sweetie.

“Sometimes he lets us start to sink, but never will He let us drown.” Amen. Thanks, Mary.

I know, right? 🙁 We all do things like this, to one degree or another, but we just don’t recognize them in ourselves. It’s always easier to spot in others. Yes, I’m thankful God doesn’t treat us like we deserve either! Thanks, Sarah.

“check for holes in my own thinking” – now that’s a good idea too! Somehow we can miss that step all too easily. Thanks, Jen.

Yes, it wasn’t a story I was looking for. 🙂 But we take what we get. Thanks for stopping by, Elizabeth.

I guess there are lots of ways we can take this boat analogy. I’ve definitely felt like you at times myself, out in the water and begging God to take me back to dry land. He will never let us drown.

I remember sometimes when my kids would tell me later that they had wanted something, but never asked because they thought I’d say no. But I knew I would have said yes! Sigh. I’m sure I do the same thing with God at times. Yes, I want to remember more about how generous he is!

That’s the perfect quote for this story, Joe. Thanks for sharing it. It is true that we rarely imagine the worst long-term effects of staying on a bad path, but we’d be wise to.