Do I have enough tickets?

Whenever I sign a card for a friend who has recently had a baby, I always write "enjoy the roller coster ride of parenthood". Not the wittiest of things to write, but I've always thought of my 'ride' as a parent like a ride on a roller coaster. I also think life in general is like a roller coaster ride. I mean, what other ride at the PNE would you rather go on a zillion times!

I quit my job today. I've had this particular job since I was 18 and that seems like forever ago. So today, I asked myself, do I have enough tickets to ride the next roller coaster? Here's a great thing...God makes sure you have the right number of tickets to go on the right roller coaster.

I went on a ferris wheel with one of my sisters once, it went around the circle, but it also spun around by itself. It was freaky! I felt totally out of control. I remember screaming to the operator that we needed to stop and get off. Life is not like this ferris wheel ride, nor is it the boring kind where you just sit there and slowly go around. Life is like many different roller coasters. Instead, like on roller coasters, you need to put your hands in the air, you need to catch your breath, you need to scream, you need to laugh and sometimes you cry (I once almost peed myself on a roller coaster, but that's enough of that story).

A university professor once said to me that 'God is good'. We often quote this still as we communicate back and forth. God does not allow things, the roller coaster, to get out of hand, to fall off the tracks, to miss the turn. He is in control and knows exactly how the roller coaster should move. When you're on a roller coaster, you sometimes think it's going to go right, but then it jolts to the left. These are not surprises to God, only to us.

I am excited about the next ride. I am confident God is taking me where I need to be so that I can glorify him to the utmost. I am excited to be exactly where I am...eventhough I don't have all the answers. God is good. Do not whisper this. God is good! Tell everyone. Trust Him. The ride continues...