The Nature of Lakes

A couple of summers ago southern Wisconsin had copious amounts of rain and Lake Delton, a man made lake, overflowed into the river and "left" the area ... at least the water did. This is a photo of Ryan standing on the bottom of the lake. The bumps you see in the background are actually tree stumps from when they cleared the land to make the lake.

Ryan, in his typical fashion, looked puzzled. "You can't control a lake," he said. "Only God can do that. Lakes will do what they want to do." I loved that. Lakes will do what they want to do. It reminds me of an old American Indian saying, "You can't step on the same piece of water twice." That's why it was so hard for the Indians to understand the white man's ownership of water, and for that matter, land. Everything is living, shifting, moving and changing. Our lives are like that. We can't really control them either, only God can do that. We will do what we want to do, but ultimately, we can't control a lot of what happens in our lives because everything is changing as rapidly as water.

The next time you feel your life spin out of control, remember that you are along for the ride. Maybe the river, your life, is heading in another direction. Hang on tight and see where you end up.

Much love and joy,

Karen