I was reading an article by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The article is titled "A Firmly Set Anchor" from the April 2014 Ensign magazine. It is a great article about setting anchors and building firm foundations; however, the following phrase from the article has stood out to me very strongly these past couple months:
"Of course, a ship is not designed to remain stationary in a harbor but rather to raise anchor and sail the seas of life. But that is a parable for another time." I feel like it's time for my son with an FASD (Sam) to "set sail in the seas of life", to move on from some protective environments he is currently in, like the school he attends. But I'm very afraid of what types of waves, hurricanes, and storms we may encounter over the next few years and I have been feeling very stressed out about it. But the feeling and thought that keeps coming to my mind is for him to "set sail in the seas of life". And a few days ago, the following impression came to me:
God: "It's time for Sam to set sail in the seas of life."
Me: "But I'm scared to death. I'm so afraid that he will drown."
God: "Don't worry. His lifeguard walks on water."
"Of course, a ship is not designed to remain stationary in a harbor but rather to raise anchor and sail the seas of life. But that is a parable for another time." I feel like it's time for my son with an FASD (Sam) to "set sail in the seas of life", to move on from some protective environments he is currently in, like the school he attends. But I'm very afraid of what types of waves, hurricanes, and storms we may encounter over the next few years and I have been feeling very stressed out about it. But the feeling and thought that keeps coming to my mind is for him to "set sail in the seas of life". And a few days ago, the following impression came to me:
God: "It's time for Sam to set sail in the seas of life."
Me: "But I'm scared to death. I'm so afraid that he will drown."
God: "Don't worry. His lifeguard walks on water."
