If you really think about it, sometimes our lives, mostly our personal growth can be comparable to kayaks and canoes. A canoe is made for two or more people. And because of that it requires team work and relying on one another. You have to be in sync; you have to compromise, and determine the course together. A kayak, however, is made for one person. You do not need anyone else to operate it. You control it, its direction, and its speed.
Maybe no one else agrees with this comparison, but as I was sitting in my kayak, I thought about my independence.
For quite a while, I was living life in a canoe. I was depending on other people to get me places. I was depending on other people to set the course for my life, set my pace, to keep me in sync with the current. For far too long, I have allowed myself to rely on other people. For far too long I have been consumed with letting others dictate my life; and I've liked it that way. I thought it was the only way. I wanted others to paddle for me, or tell me how, or show me how to do it.
I'll be honest, part of me was a little disappointed when I found out we were choosing kayaks instead of canoes because I wanted to be in a boat with my pals and work together. But once I was in my kayak, I realized the world I was living in was a world I was meant to break free from many moon ago. Kayaking was a blast, but I took more away from it then a sense of adventure and slight tan on my arms. I now WANT to be who I am. And I want the only one I rely on to be Christ. Christ should be the only one guiding and directing me. My kayak is to be led by the spirit, not the world. The current that takes me down the river should by my God, and my God alone.
Don't get me wrong, kayaking alone wouldn't be much of an adventure. But having friends who are also following the same current of Christ and living in their own independence as well is what I need. And that's what I got this weekend. I no longer need a canoe because my life is changing and in a constant
search to be led by the spirit.
Hopefully this makes as much sense to you as it does to me.
Peace and Prayers.
