JuSt LeT gO!!!!!

It's amazing all the cool creations that exist right in front of our own eyes, sometimes all we have to do is open them. i took a walk through a nearby park today and found a great "thinking spot" located on a high rock in the shade that overlooked a large pond. In order to get there, i had to cross over a rather large and steep ditch; so i did what any normal person would do, i slid down one side and hiked up the other. As i sat at my "thinking spot" i turned off my headphones and sat quietly. It was nice to be able to be alone and spend some time with God. As i began to leave i spotted a rope down the way which hung over the ditch i had previously crossed and i thought to myself, "why not?" So i hiked a little farther down and grabbed ahold of this warn out knotted up rope that was tied to a tree branch extremely high above my head. I was pretty convinced it would hold me if i jumped and swung myself to the other side. I figured i would entertain the tomboy in me for a bit. But the longer i stood there, with the rope in hand, the more room i gave for doubt to play it's game. The rocks underneath me were a little bigger and sharper than when i had first crossed, and i realized that i would be suspended at least 20 feet off the ground mid-swing. What if i fell? What if i hurt myself? I mean i was alone there, noone would have known! What if this rope busted half way through...i can't afford a broken leg! Realizing i was being ridiculous i kept telling myself, just let go! just jump! How many times do we play this game with God? How many times are we disobediant to his calling, simply because we're afraid to fall? We say we trust him, but are our actions proving that? Are we letting doubt get the best of us? Sometimes the vision he has for us calls us to let go of some things in our lives, he is telling us to just jump! Our God doesn't care about our comfort, he cares about our character! So there i was on the edge of this ditch, rope in hand, and i jump! The momentum of the swing takes me across to the other side and then back again. As i try to regain my balance, my foot slips and i scratch my right leg on a jagged tree stump. God never promises it's going to be easy or that you'll come out pain free. Determined to do it again, i re-wrap my hands around the knots and jump again! This time on my swing back, my hands lose thier grip, slip down the rope, suffering minor rope burns, and i crash amongst the rocks! Lesson number 2, make sure God is with you before you choose to jump, the choices that we make are rarely the ones that God is calling us to make. We have to learn to lay down our fleshly desires. An agreement in any fight is needed in both realms. We pray for God's will to be done, not our own, that's where the confidence to jump comes from in the first place!