Have you ever felt like this man? I know I was scared that I was going to be this man. I was right behind him on the rafting trip and a huge wave caught us. I was able to withstand the wave and stay in the boat, but the guy in front of me was not so lucky. These were huge waves and he wasn't much of a swimmer. Thankfully he had his life jacket on, but I know he was still scared! If he wasn't, his wife was scared enough for them both. He was paniced for a minute, because the water was moving so fast and we couldn't just stop and get him. We just left him behind it appeared to us and his wife. What we didn't realize, but our guide did, was that there was a raft right behind us that was able to get him and pull him on board. He was fine, a little shook-up, but fine. How easily this can relate back to life- Sometimes big waves come! We may be able to hang onto the raft and be fine, but sometimes we fall out of the boat. If we are wearing our life jacket it's much less tragic than if we are not. What could a life jacket relate back to in real life? How about the commandments, if we are following the commandments when the big wave knocks us out of the boat we will be much better off than if we are not following the commandments. The beautiful thing about this analogy is that we each have a personal tour guide, well two of them, we have Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ to guide us. We may not be able to see what's behind us as we struggle with the current of the fast moving water, but they do. They know everything, Jesus Christ even understands everything we are feeling. How wonderful it is to know that they will never leave us abandoned, but they will always make sure that we are taken care of. Never fear for the Lord is with us. We are not alone in the water!
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