Life has been a roller coaster lately, to say the least and about half of the time I have felt like I'm going out of my mind just trying to keep up with my emotions. I have cried until I had no more tears. I have talked it out and prayed without ceasing. The simple fact of the matter is this....
This season of cleaning the trash out of my life has brought me to a crossroads and having my personality type makes this scary. I want to rationalize both roads and make pro and con lists. I want to figure everything out. Unfortunately, I feel like I'm trying to put together a jigsaw puzzle without all the pieces. I start to doubt what I clearly hear God telling me to do because I am not seeing immediate results. I start to falter in my own mind and that makes things even harder.
Realistically, I know the outcome that is ahead of me. I know what road I am supposed to take but I am frozen in my tracks praying for God just to give me the strength to move my feet forward. I am scared. Period.
I opened my Bible this morning just searching for answers and came to the story of Peter stepping out of the boat and walking to Jesus. When he stepped out of the boat, he had perfect faith knowing that Jesus was going to keep him safe and sound. This is where I was the second that God provided me the answer to what I'm facing. The problem is that Peter started looking around at the waves and got scared...and then he started to sink. That is what I'm doing right now...I'm scared to death and I'm looking at the waves around me saying, "This just isn't possible. I can't do this." I'm starting to sink.
At the end of that story, Jesus grabs his hand and tells him that if he had kept his faith, he would have been fine (basically). Jesus rescues him from the storm. Logically I know this is what God promises and what will happen but that doesn't stop the fear from taking over.
So for now I will continue to pray without ceasing for God to just help me to keep my eyes on Jesus...to move my feet forward no matter how scary and to walk me through this storm safe and sound.
Friday, June 11, 2010
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