On Snowboarding and Trust

This year is our year for snowboarding. I learned a few years ago, but I'm still in the process of learning. I was trying to teach Matt this year and in doing so I realized something. Learning to snowboard is a lot like learning to trust the Lord.

When snowboarding, typically a beginner will plow down the mountain on one edge, or do the falling leaf. Learning to turn is the hardest thing in snowboarding (and obviously the most important). A beginner has to point their board straight down the hill to begin a turn. It feels like a total loss of control and like the craziest thing to do when you know you don't want to be going straight down the hill. When a beginner finally grabs onto the idea of having a brief moment of feeling out of control to make the turn, it is the beginning of freedom. However, if a beginner never takes that step of "feeling out of control", they will never learn to turn.

Trusting the Lord is somewhat similar to learning to snowboard. There comes a moment when an individual has to let go of their grip on life, on trying to control circumstances, etc. in order to learn to trust. There is this very real feeling of being "out of control", but in that moment, the Lord brings rest and confidence in His plan in our life.

Perhaps I need to snowboard more to remind me of the importance of feeling "out of control".