In Someone Else’s
Hands
At a recent
concert, Keith Urban saw a sign held by a fan and he invited him up on stage.
The guy wanted to play guitar. So, Keith Urban handed him his guitar, and then
perhaps as a precaution, asked his guitar tech for a guitar. “Any guitar,
Chris,” is what he said.
I’ve heard of
other artists bringing fans up on stage and having them perform. Bryan Adams
brought up a fan for his hit, Cuts Like A Knife, and it didn’t turn out
so well. And in this case, Keith Urban handed this kid his own guitar and the
song was Sweet Thing, full of vintage guitar riffs. When I watched the
video, I was focused more on Keith than I did on the kid, because this was his
song, his guitar and this particular performance was In Someone Else’s Hands.
How did it turn
out?
“He crushed it!”
is what Keith Urban said. And to my untrained ear when I listened to it, it
sure sounded like he had crushed it! It really sounded great!
This past week, we
took a vacation to Tennessee and it was one of the best we’ve ever had.
Peaceful, tranquil, and yet, busy. Horseback riding, Moonshine tasting, Tubing
down a river with a couple of small rapids thrown in, a tour of Cades Cove,
mini-golf on the side of a mountain, visiting an enormous aquarium where the
girls got to pet stingray and jellyfish.
But . . .
Kim, Hannah and
Emily wanted to go white water rafting. Hmmm . . .
Now folks, I have
to tell you that I’m not competent nor comfortable in water except a hot tub or
a bath tub. The thought of the necessity of having to wear a helmet and a
lifejacket caused me some anxiety. Okay, I was actually very nervous. I almost
chickened out.
It was a
forty-five minute trip on the Pigeon River that started just feet from the
North Carolina border. We were given instructions:
1.
Don’t stand on the
river if you fall out of the boat because most drownings occur when one’s foot
gets lodged between rocks and debris on the river floor. Yes, comforting,
especially the falling out of the boat and drowning part.
2.
Keep the
lifejacket snug because if you do fall overboard, they pull you up by the
shoulder straps, not your arms, for fear of dislocating a limb. Oh, great!
Our guide, BP, was
a young kid- late twenties or early thirties. Heck, at my age, anyone ten years
younger than me is a kid.
He had six years’ rafting
experience and was a former Marine (not that I knew that until we were actually
on the water). Still, I gave up what little control I had and placed it
squarely, if not begrudgingly, In Someone Else’s Hands.
BP was funny,
informative, and gave us a wonderful trip. I would go again in a heartbeat,
especially if he was our guide.
Still, the thought
of placing my life and lives of Kim, Hannah and Emily In Someone Else’s Hands
caused me nervousness and anxiety and almost at the end, I almost didn’t go. I
almost chickened out.
But I didn’t. I
didn’t.
I allowed myself
the opportunity to trust someone I didn’t know. I allowed myself to trust that
someone, besides me, knows what to do and how to do it. I allowed myself to let
go, to go along, and to believe that I cannot, will not, be able to control
everything. Nor should I. A big step for me. Perhaps, a big step for each of
us. To let go. To place ourselves In Someone Else’s Hands. Something to think
about . . .
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If you like to
read thriller/mystery, check out:
Book One of the Lives Trilogy, Stolen Lives:
Two thirteen year
old boys are abducted off a safe suburban street. Kelliher and his team of FBI
agents have 24 hours to find them or they’ll end up like all the others- dead!
They have no leads, no clues, and nothing to go on. And the possibility exists
that one of his team members might be involved. http://tinyurl.com/Stolen-Lives-J-Lewis
Book Two of the Lives Trilogy, Shattered Lives:
Six men escaped
and are out for revenge. The boys, recently freed from captivity, are in danger
and so are their families, but they don’t know it. The FBI has no clues, no
leads, and nothing to go on and because of that, cannot protect them. http://tinyurl.com/Shattered-Lives-J-Lewis
Book Three of the Lives Trilogy, Splintered Lives:
The FBI knows a 14
year old boy has a price on his head, but he and his family don’t. With no
leads and with nothing to go on, the FBI gambles and sets up the boy and his
family as bait in order to catch three dangerous and desperate men with
absolutely nothing to lose.
The Lives Trilogy Prequel, Taking Lives:
FBI Agent Pete Kelliher and his partner search
for the clues behind the bodies of six boys left in various and remote parts of
the country. Even though they don’t know one another, the lives of FBI
Kelliher, 11 year old Brett McGovern, and 11 year old George Tokay are separate
pieces of a puzzle. The two boys become interwoven with the same thread that
Pete Kelliher holds in his hand. The three of them are on a collision course
and when that happens, their lives are in jeopardy as each search for a way out.
http://tinyurl.com/Taking-Lives-J-Lewis
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