Letting Jesus carry us on a tight rope across the Grand Canyon

The Story - There was a famous man who walked on a tight rope across the Grand Canyon, people came from far and wide to see this amazing show cheering him on and encouraging him.

One day he said to the crowd.
"Who thinks I am so talented that I can carry weights on my back across the canyon?"
The crowd applauded and cheered in support.
"Who believes I can carry a person on my back across the canyon?"
The crowd cheered louder, exclaiming he could do anything.
"Who has complete faith in my talent?"
The crowd was louder than ever.
"Who wants to volunteer for me to carry them across the canyon?"
The crowd fell silent.

Regardless of how much he begged nobody volunteered to be carried across the canyon. A week later he walked across the grand canyon on a tight rope carrying at 200lb man on his back, that man was his promotional manager. He knew how talented he was, that he believed in him.

My tight rope moment - The reason I am sharing this story is because this is the story that led my husband and I to use natural family planning (NFP). We had a million and one reasons that we didn't feel it was the right time for us to conceive, yet we knew contraception was a sin. Together we prayed for an answer to our problem, and God answered.

A friend of our parents came over to pick some fruit at my husbands house while I was there, and he told me the story of the tight rope walker. He said, "Are you giving yourself completely and trusting in God? Or are you just cheering from the sidelines?"

This man had no idea of our personal life, yet he had solved our problem. By following NFP we have literally let God take over our life completely. Completely trusting in Him, trusting Him to carry us on his back in any situation and what an amazing decision it has been.

I hope I'll be able to apply this to our future situations too <3