Chris Farley, as motivational speaker Matt Foley, perfected the phrase,
“I’m living in a van down by the river.”
Rivers
Perhaps you’ve considered a simpler life with a riverside van, or maybe not? Some rivers are deep while others are shallow, some run fast while others barely move. In the winter, some don’t move at all.
A Recent River
My wife and I spent a few days at a secluded cabin in the Texas Hill Country.
We made the five-hour drive, found the place and checked in. We were looking forward to getting to the cabin, which, as it turned out, required a bit more driving. Now here’s the odd part. The road suddenly ended and it ended in a river. There was a dirt road and then there wasn’t, just a river without a bridge and no way to cross. However, there was a sign indicating that we were to turn left, into the river. At the bottom of the sign was:
“Yes, you drive in the river!”
The river was shallow, slow, and the bottom easily seen, but still, driving into a river seemed wrong, but I finally did, the river bed became our road to the cabin!

Another Sign
Here is sign, of a sort, that the apostle Paul wrote:
“For we live by faith and not by sight.”
His message was clear: nothing eternal can be seen in this life. Nope, it’s by faith, by trusting in what our Father promised.
To Close
I read the sign, but my eyes were fixed on the water. The choice was obvious: trust the sign or sit there doing nothing.
It’s the same with God. The choice is obvious: trust his word or sit doing nothing. It’s a choice we make every day. It’s how we walk by faith.
“Yes, you drive in the river.”
So true. Sometimes hard to trust. God’s working on me. Thanks for the post. I needed it today
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sure enough, this is true. Not long ago, over a year ago my stepson bought to our home a baby raccoon too small to be on her own. What?? Many questions arose. Not the best situation for a few reasons. Like how? rabies? where to keep it? how long. training? But with a second thought knowing she could not survive on her own, too young, and mom was killed in the road made my heart unable to turn her away. So I took on the task to find the way to care for her as we went forward with the yes agreement.
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