Showing posts with label truth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label truth. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

What Actually Happened

My son almost drowned in the swimming pool at a hotel we were visiting. I didn't see him. I cannot believe that I didn't see him. Of course, neither did the lifeguard -- things can happen so fast. When I saw him he had pulled himself out and was sitting there dazed. I called for him and he staggered to me. I was so scared and felt so stupid. But he is okay. It is God sustaining him.
But I keep thinking about it. I keep thinking, What if he hadn't pulled himself out? What if I hadn't seen him at all? Why wasn't I swimming with him like I usually do?
Over and over.
We were laying in bed after this incident and Eric asks me -- What are you thinking? When I told him I was thinking about Zac, he wanted to know what I was thinking about him. It seemed pretty obvious. My son could have died and it would have been all my fault.
Then he challenged me with the words from Philippians 4:8. "Whatever is true...whatever is right...think about these things." The point is that he didn't die. Why do I keep beating myself with "ifs" that didn't even happen? Why do I keep focusing on myself and my failures instead of thinking about how glad I am that God spared him? Why pretend I can change the past? Why do I want to imagine it was worse than it was? And then, why do I let it haunt me?