You know those questions that seems to explode out of the nothingness that surrounds us? That happened to me a little while ago. It's not a new question; just one that rose to my consciousness unbidden and gained enough attention to get a Post-It until I could write it here.
Why is it that we always have to hear from God before entering the hard places? Why don't we (I) plunge into them headfirst when they present themselves? Really I'm asking this question for myself. My issues/hold-backs/hesitations are enough by themselves without trying to figure out what everybody else is thinking.
So I can look at scripture and see that a life of faith is often characterized by going to places that are uncomfortable, difficult, risky, odd, etc. There's lots of good things to but I know (and don't appreciate people who preach otherwise) that a life of faith doesn't mean it's going to be easy cruising in my '67 open-top Mustang. Quite the opposite (c.f. Luke 14:25-35). Jesus doesn't try and hide it. So why do I (we) hesitate?
I want a quick simple solution, like the update my computer just did. I want a prescription for glasses that will let me see the real picture rather than the false reality that I walk in, the reality that says "stay in the boat. You can't walk on water."
I want to be the guy that kills a lion in a pit on a snowy day because that's where the lion is.
Maybe the only way to learn is to go. Take a deep breath, deny the brain chemicals that scream "RUN," hope your heart doesn't explode because it's beating so fast and go.
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