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Have you ever drifted off in a canoe? I have a hilarious memory of my mom and I in a canoe going down the Platte river in Nebraska. We both did not understand how to steer the boat and we constantly found ourselves turning around or running into the sand because the river was low at certain spots.  My son, Brett, use to live at a home where there was a quaint pond and we would just quietly drift - even though we couldn’t go more than a stone’s length!

Have you ever noticed what happens when you drift? The water takes you wherever it is flowing. If you’re not paying attention, you’ll soon find yourself far from your starting point and away from your destination.

Do you ever find yourself drifting in life? Perhaps you log into social media and you find yourself hours later in a different destination with no real purpose. Or maybe, like me, your thoughts drift. I have to purposefully try to stay on task because my mind loves drifting away and thinking about other things. Or maybe you have drifted away from God. Maybe you grew up in church, learned about Him, but as an adult you turned your boat and have slowly moved away from Him.

It’s easy to get back on track when you are drifting. Turn the boat toward the destination and row. It takes intention.

Intention

As you go through the grieving process, it’s easy to drift. Let’s face it, Grief takes energy, and sometimes we just get plain tired. So we drift. We drift down memory lane, the horrors of the accident or death, fears for the future, and the boat gets caught in the muck and mire of the slog. Be intent about thoughts. Turn the boat around, and row back to safer waters. Be intentional about keeping your thoughts positive (though you may not feel like it), loving others, and staying hopeful for the future. For me, this is turning my boat back around to God. Then, giving Him the oars, laying back, and trusting Him to steer me to the next spot in life. 

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