“Come,” he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!” Matthew 14:29-30
The adventure is starting! Not really true. I don’t know about your life, but we’re seemingly always in one adventure or another. It certainly didn’t begin today. We start our adventure when we’re born. It doesn’t start during some event besides birth! The story (adventure) of a person’s life is their book. Then, we have all kinds of individual adventures within that book. Those are our chapters. “Say Yes” would be the title of our current chapter.
Would you like to jump into opportunities when they’re offered? Yes.
What do you think of selling your house? Ok.
How about picking up and moving to another state? Sure…
Are you willing to look outside your comfort zone? I suppose…maybe…
If you’re scared, will you try anyhow? What are we trying…I mean yeah.
Faith over logic? Of course. Wait, what all am I agreeing to?
Yes gets a little shaky, but is still an affirmative answer. This is where I start thinking I need to change my yes into a more confident, strong one! If I’m going with it, I need to get the shaky out of there and focus on that faith over logic when the logic is creating fear.
When I’m needing to walk in faith over logic, when patience becomes key again, when I need to dig deep down and find that confidence that sometimes hides, and when I need to trust that even if everything isn’t perfect and I’m not walking alone, then I have flashbacks to past lessons.
It’s when I put those past lessons into practice, I uncover that daring Indiana Jones inside me and take a leap of faith. It’s me turning into confident Peter stepping out of the boat and walking on water. See what I’m saying? The learning of the lessons over and over on a small scale (which never seem very small at the time) brings us to bigger and bigger options to show we’ve grown.
My brain! See how it goes off on tangents? I was just trying to say that I’m with my family on an adventure…a journey. A trip taking two months (off and on) of travel. Some of it’s simply tagging along with my hubby and others are accepting opportunities presented to us.
We left home the other day seeing something that started our trip out in the best way possible. I love it when visual scenes in life are huge learning experiences for me! Learning through life is one of the best possible classes.
As we were driving, I saw an adult with two children waiting for the bus. They were in a circle with their hands joined together in prayer. What a way to start the day for those young students! The picture they made had me teary. I saw hope, love, and goodness shining around them.
We went several more miles down the road to another picture of an adult and two children. There wasn’t any engagement among the three this time, and the adult was typing on her phone. Personally, I felt an overwhelming loneliness inside. I’m not saying this was the truth or the whole picture because all kinds of great things could’ve been happening with those three, but it was the scene I was “shown”.
This was a wonderful lesson for me as we started our drive. Let me share what I learned after asking for forgiveness for my own ignorance and judgment. I was reminded to see as God sees. Even in areas that don’t seem to be a challenge to us, we find ourselves being reminded in order for us to stay humble.
Those lessons: First, look for light where you least expect it. Scratch that; expect light all around. Second, turn off to tune in. How often do we make one another background noise while our focus is on something not as important? Third, make up the mind and step out, but when we do, expect success.
Indiana Jones and Peter had to take that step. Seeing the bridge after Indiana Jones took the leap of faith was a reward. Peter had to take step after step while keeping his focus on Jesus rather than fear. When it turned to the fear, that’s when he stopped moving forward and began to sink. He needed faith over logic.
What do you want to do? Stay in your comfort zone and continue where you are or expect light in areas that seem dark? Faith over logic.
Begin your “Say Yes” chapter today!
