Jump In!

Do you ever sense, that perhaps you are merely tipping your toe in the deep blue pool of life? That you live life dipping your toe in, sometimes wading into up to your waist (which feels like the edge of either insanity or the brink before terror). So, we spend our days dancing in the puddles and tasting the drops. We cup our hands and sip the water.

Why?

Fear.

Who would I be without my trepidation and hesitation? A blundering fool, unaware of reality?

I'll make rivulets in the deep pool. Goodness, I'll even make a series of ripples. But a splash? You are insane. I can't do that.

To submerge, to leap, to embrace gifts offered.

Jump in, sink down, explore the depths, then glide toward the top for a gulp of sweet air.... A drink of icy water that reaches that thirsty place in your heart.

God doesn't promise us a life is ease and easy-living. But, he promises to be the giver of good gifts, the giver of moments of grace, the giver of Himself. We simply must move past our fear and apathy and seek our Abba. How can we jump into life if we aren't confident in Abba's goodness and nearness?

~~~A random thought: Life is not about moral reformation, but an increasing dependence on the indwelling Spirit.

Details (part 2)

This is a thankful list, because sometimes I just need to count the gifts of Abba.

Cotton candy clouds

A sunflower in your friend's hair

Inter-library loan

Moral support from someone you barely know

A moon rise over the lake in Dahlonega

Orion

A returned phone-call from a voice you haven't heard in months

Smiling eyes

Carving pumpkins with best friends

Singing "I love you Lord" over and over

Rolling the windows down and turning the car heat up

Conversations that could seemingly never end

Clouds that feel like early snow

A friend in the library

A friend who lets you do all the talking for an entire phone call

100$ cash in the mail

Finding an envelope of checks you lost a month ago.

Writing to Jesus

Fireside family times

Flowers that smell sweet

Orange leaves

A pile of leaves that begs to be jumped in

Getting leaves stuffed down your shirt

A convincing friend

Emails from around the globe

Wind

A voicemail from a little boy you haven't seen for a year (!!!)