I use to live on Grand Lake, right in the heart of Grove Oklahoma at the most enchanting point on Honey Creek side of the lake. When my family and I lived there, my parents owned that resort, with 7 cabins and 3 docks. A boat dock, a swimming dock and a fishing dock. This fond memory and nostalgic place was called Twin Oaks resort. Though I could write a book about my memories there, it is not the reason for this blog.
Instead......I want to talk about the TIDE.
I remember that the banks of the shoreline would either increase because the tides were so low or decrease to the point that there was no bank at all, because the tides were so high.
It's been many many years now that I have been able to keep my eye on the tides of Grand Lake, but I have become aware of the many changes of TIDES in my personal life.
When you are standing on the banks either viewing the water from the edge or at a distance, it is always noticeable that change is or has or will happen. If you have ever been around water.....it is not the water that changes, but rather the shoreline that brings new insight.
I could go so many directions is this thought, but all I actually purposed to do when I began writing this is to remind you that TIDES change. Life changes. People change. But there is ONE who will never change.
This makes me think of my once new and perfect cover on my dearest and treasured Bible. It is about as beat up and used up as any book I have every had or carried. Though I am working on 'recovering' it myself, the contents of those Words inside will never change. Yes, there are many variations of Gods word in print, but the profound truth of that Word will never be changed. He who created the tides are directly parallel to the many variables of this life. But it is also He who will get your through the changes in the tide.
Though our life is always in motion and our motions are slightly always trying to determine our action, we need to remember one thing as we 'stand on the shore' facing the waters of life...........GO with the TIDE. If the tide takes away your shoreline, then take that moment to enjoy the abundance of water which you long for in the dry and deserted times.
We never seem to embrace the moment that seems the roughest. We just want it to all change back to the place when it was easiest.
I remember my daddy would have to physically pull the docks in and out after the waters up and went down. There were times that I can remember, there did not seem to be enough cable when the tide was low. I actually wondered if the dock could stand the stretch of distance between the security and the distance to the waters edge........... HANGING ON.
See.....we are doing this thing called life and change all for a purpose. The purpose is not within the urgency to stop the motion and turn back the change, but rather to embrace the change every chance you get and hope that you will witness the next phase of change.
Just try and stop the bickering, and instead appreciate the days you can just stand on the shoreline and find rocks and build 'pretend houses', as I did as a kid and when the rain falls or the dam opens just a little extreme, GO WITH THE TIDE. It is not in your control anyway......it's all in how you see it, stand on it, or swim in it. This is not really about you at all.....it's only about how you get through! Every chance you get, be there for someone else who just can't grasp the changes in the TIDE. After all.....you know they are going to change. It's inevitable.
