Jesus Take The Wheel

by SwimmerNinja13

Entry 3 of 7 for Swimmer's Week Of Summer One Shots. Sorry this is up so late, I got distracted watching tv. When I'm scared, I typically say some sort of prayer that revolves around what I'm doing but also to my life in general. This is the prayer I said during my first time parallel parking.

Hey everyone! Sorry this took so long to put up. I got watching this show called Fringe. It's one of those creepy shows where nothing makes sense and you spend the whole time trying to figure out what happened, but it was good none the less. Anyway, this one shot was inspired by my first drive for driver's ed yesterday. Hope you all enjoy!

I gripped the steering wheel steady and took a deep breath. Day one of driving and traffic cones galore surround me. There's no way I can do this. How in the world am I supposed to parallel park on day one?

Is anything too difficult for the Lord?

I can feel my heart pounding inside my chest. It's like everything my instructor told me is slipping out the open window beside me. Steady yourself. You've got this. Turn the wheel all the way to the right and put it in reverse.

I can't do this.

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

I take another deep breath.

"You've got this," my friend and driver's training partner says from the back seat.

My instructor nods at me affirmatively, "Remember what I said about being emotionally, physically, and spiritually ready to drive," she says.

Jesus, I pray, I can't do this alone. Help me. Take the wheel not just here but in my whole life. I want your plan not mine.

Another deep breath and I feel like I can do this. I ease my foot off the break and back up while turning myself backwards to watch for the cones. I stop and put it in park. My instructor climbs out and gives me a thumbs up, "You did it perfectly!"

Thank you Jesus for taking the wheel and driving when I can't. I sigh in relief. I can't believe I was so wound up about that.

With God, nothing is impossible!

I hope you all enjoyed. I know this is a lot more serious than some of my other summer one shots, but I really wanted to do one on my first drive since it's such a big deal to me. So, question time!

Has anyone else done drivers training yet?

If so, what are your thoughts on parallel parking and how cones did you hit on your first drive? I hit more than I would like to admit.

Do any of you have a prayer like this you say for sports or driving, or anything else for that matter?

I'll hopefully have tomorrow's one shot up earlier in the day. Until then, see ya!

#God's Not Dead!