Where's my bailout plan?

A few weeks ago my Mom was traveling through the Detroit area . After her trip she mentioned to me how a lot of the auto plants are already closing down and how the area is already starting to look like a ghost town. Needless to say the auto industry needs some help but I keep thinking about how I am a lot like Detroit these days.

Detroit, from my perspective, has always been a little rough around the edges but full of life at the same time. Detroit has teams that never do that well but always have faithful fans (Go Tigers!), riots, music legends, industry, and gateways to the entire world.

Like Detroit, I am a little rough around the edges but full of life too. I have my faithful fans that will always stand by no matter what type of "season" I am going through. I have my own set of "riots" in my heart as I try my best to follow Jesus. I am a mean guitar hero player and know more kids songs than the average 26 year old- that's the closest I'll get to legendary music. As far as my gateway to the entire world, I feel like my heart is there but not my feet. I feel passionately about serving the poor, traveling to Sub-Saharan Africa, putting my mark on the World but for now I have an equally important job to do at home. (Yes, you can raise your kids and travel the world - lots of people make it work and it's amazing!)

Lately however, I feel like I need a bailout plan. I feel pretty stagnant in my faith which makes life kind of dull and boring. Life kind of gets at me sometimes and wears me out. I feel like I've had a series of events over the past year or so that have done this so, the "reserves" of faith I had stored up have run out. I don't need a million dollar hand out I need something much bigger than that.

There is this guy Peter - He and and Jesus were great friends. One day Jesus was out on the water and told Peter to come out too. Peter started to drown basically, but just when he was about to go under he reached out his hand and Jesus pulled him up out of the water. That's the kind of bailout I'm talking about; the kind that is actually life saving and gets you excited about Jesus again. Can you imagine how in awe of Jesus Peter must have felt after this? I think when they got back to shore they might have made a fire, started cooking some fish, and sharing about their adventure at sea. The other guys might have teased Peter a bit but I think Peter would have wanted to sit as close to Jesus as possible. (I like thinking about the untold part of the story).

So, the great thing about this bailout plan I'm looking for is that it's so simple - just reaching out a hand to Jesus because he already has his extended out to me and I know he will save me from going under. Then, we will go ashore, warm ourselves by the fire, and I will sit as close to my Jesus as possible.