Roller Coaster Rides

Sometimes life is up and sometimes it's down.

When I went on a Sabbatical in 1998, I asked the family to pick the 10 largest roller coasters that they could find in western USA and we would drive to them all. We looked things up on the web and any where we could find information. We ended up with our ten favorites. Roller coasters here we come!

The joy of the roller coaster rides in the up and the downs. The ups are scary because they are so high and the downs are even more scary because the fall appears like we will crash and die. Roller coasters are much like life.

Psalm 37:23-25
23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD,
And He delights in his way.
24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down;
For the LORD upholds him with His hand.
25 I have been young, and now am old;
Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken,
Nor his descendants begging bread.

God will take care of us. I sometimes feel like I'm on the top of the world and then LIFE COMES SWIRLING DOWN.

Life is a ride. Sometimes you are screaming out of sheer panic and you learn to trust the Lord and sometimes you are getting ready to experience sheer panic where you will learn to trust the Lord. One man said, "Either you are in a problem right now or you just came out of one or you are just about to enter one."

The Lord teaches us to deal with challenging expereinces in life so we trust Him more. I am sorry where I have not trusted Him as I should in difference situations I have been in but I'm learning. Learning is a word that means "by expereince" these attitudes are lived out and valued.

Have fun on the roller coaster they are meant to enjoy!