The pounding wave crashing down upon me, my head hitting the rock below, flailing for the surface for a gasp of air….some fun beach experience that was in CALI…once I finally made it to shore I noticed there were NO LIFEGUARDS around, no one to hand me a LIFE SAVER…if they had seen me sooner and called out to me, “hey you out there looking like you are dying, what FLAVOR of life saver do you want…” I would of immediately answered, “CHERRY”!! Only problem is that would have been me thinking short term because I know that I would of started licking that life saving device and taking bites out of it and by the time the rescue team would of arrived I would have been down and under again. My life is this way sometimes, not sure if anyone can relate, but we get in circumstances where we feel we are sinking and when given that “saving solution” we let it dissolve around us or we abuse it. I do know one thing for sure though that the ONE AND ONLY true life saver is Jesus himself and He and His word never dissolve…even when we on our own do! We can try to add fun and adventure to our lives by going to fairs and buying pink and blue cotton candy but all it ever leaves is less money in the pocket and sticky fingers to deal with and awkwardly carrying it around if the kids aren’t finished with it yet…We then stay up all night endlessly wondering why why why did we not take the life saver and instead of devouring it of its’ power and it’s insight (friends advice/God’s word) we let it become our downfall again. We worry about if we will have enough money to pay bills since we lavishly spent on junk food $10 cotton candy at a park, PER PERSON yet at the same time we relish those sticky icky moments and know that they can not be replaced in our memories if we do not choose to engage in them again (or take pics and post on FB). We should not be in fear of sticky situations we find ourselves in, especially if we are 100% certain our eternal life saver will not dissolve away from us. And when we find ourselves up all night long and then sleeping during the day then be thankful that most of the bracelet nights at the carnivals don’t start until after 6 or 7 so getting up at 2 or 3 in afternoon is perfect and if you go on the last day it’s in your area the pink and blue cotton candy is sometimes discounted!!! Be cautious though about buying an actual pack of life saver candies….you can choke on one of those on the rides and then be the front news of a very ironic story…PERSON CHOKES TO DEATH ON LIFE SAVER …. Don’t’ let this happen to you…. And don’t stay up all night thinking about it either....
