Washed up on a beach

A while ago, I went to bed. I laid my head on the pillow and began to pray.
God, forgive me. It had been since driving to work that I really made any effort to pray or communicate to Him. I felt that I had betrayed a friend. It shook me.
I realized the depravity of mankind and me in particular. It was at that time that I said in my prayer that I thanked God for saving me. I was sinking and You washed me up on a beach.
I had never thought about, said or prayed those words before. They repeated at least two more times in my head all by themselves. It was supernatural in nature. Then I began to envision it.
I was in the ocean. It was dark. The waves were high and moving fast in every direction. It was the perfect storm. I don’t know how I got there. I was in the middle of the ocean with no known land anywhere. No hope.
I tried as best I could to stay above the water. It wasn’t warm water. It wasn’t too cold either. Just cold enough.
I had a sense of confidence that I could stay up. I tread water the way you are supposed to.
Then, out of nowhere something would grab me and pull me down. It was just enough so that I would come up afraid and needing to breath. Then the spray would hit my face and I could taste the salty water.
The next thing I noticed, I saw myself from above. An out of body kind of thing. There I was laying on a beach. The tide was out somewhat. I was in the wet sand. Waves kept washing up onto my legs. My feet were always in the water.
It was then that I realized it was a spiritual analogy. On my own, I cannot survive. Even though I was “doing” the right thing, outside, (evil) forces pulled me down. Never enough to keep me from getting up again, but enough that I wore out.
Then I know God rescued me. I had been overcome from the struggle. Too tired to fight it any more, I knew that I had gone under and passed out. Instantaneously God took me to a safe harbor away from the middle of the ocean and away from the storm.
It is only by grace we are saved. God’s grace saved me. I will always need Him. I know He loves me.