Revival Blog

The Holy Ghost saved my sons life yesterday. When I write that, I don’t think I am exagerating.

About two weeks ago I decided that I did not want my son to wear those little flotation things on his arms in the pool any more. I began to get irritated just looking at them. My son protested vigorously. His mother was on his side. He complained and complained but I had made my decision. He is six and it is time to swim.

That same day there were a couple other little kids in the pool who could swim. One of them showed my son a swimming stroke and my son began to stick his head under water, flail around, and pop back up. To go from terrified to get in the pool without the water wings to sticking the head under water and flailing was great progress.

Since then, I have taken him to bigger and bigger steps. Yesterday, after church, we went swimming in the pool and he swam from one side of the pool to the other in the deep end. Of the four times we did it in the afternoon, he only needed rescued once (the second time). I was incredibly proud.

Last night we went to a birthday party for a friend of mine. Half way through the party, someone told me that my son was wet. When I got to him I found out he was reaching for a ball and fell in the pool. He swam back to the side and got out. Two weeks earlier, he would have drowned. You read all the time about kids drowning at parties and I always wonder how that could happen. My son could have been the next on that list.

So today I recognize that the Spirit of God knew that my son was going to fall in the pool last night. Why didn’t He keep my son from falling in? I do not know. But I recognize that it was His prompting that brought my irritation with the water wings.

I sat on the couch this morning and replayed the events of last night with my son. I said that if he had not learned to swim that he might have been in heaven this morning instead of with me. He could not fully appreciate that but my wife and I sure can. I love my son so much I don’t know what I would do without him. All I can say is “Thank you Lord!”

It is so easy to not trust that God is working on your behalf. But you can trust the leading of the Spirit of God.

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