Taking That Leap Of Faith

Not just lyrics to a song today. A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to go ziplining. It was an amazing experience. Looking back on the experience I can see a lesson to be learned. The experience consisted of several platforms where we would hook our harness on to the zipline then run and jump off the platform and let our harness slide us along the zipline from one platform to the other. It was so much fun. Then we came to a platform where the guides told us we would be ziplining backwards and upside down. Yes we would have to stand on the edge of the platform, lean back and let go and fall and trust the harness would catch us. This picture is me doing that. It required complete trust in the harness. I had no control. I had to lean back and trust that the harness would catch me. The experience was amazing. Isnt that how our walk with God is sometimes. Life can be going great and then he asks us to stand on the ledge of the unknown and fall back and trust that he will catch us. We all face trying times, mine just happens to be divorce. We are left with no choice but to fall back and trust that God will catch us. The trials may be hard, dark, and insanely scary but Our Savior has overcome the world so we have nothing to fear. Easier said than done, I know. But ultimately the joy of falling and my sweet Jesus catching me is a joy like nothing else, something very worth the fall.