I love the security in the midst of challenge and risk. Like I was designed to be in risky situations but they don’t feel scary because He gave me the appropriate tools to handle it. Feet like a deer and strength for clothing. When God is my guide and with upgraded equipment I have no reason to fear. New heights in life don’t shake me. I could look down from the side of the mountain and think, that’s a big drop! But I don’t fear falling because the Lord my God who made the mountains for my enjoyment and made me to scale the mountains is my guide. He’s at my right hand so I won’t be shaken. When my thoughts attempt to trouble me, I will bless the Lord who counsels me. I will remember to put on strength. I will remember that my feet aren’t clunky and ill-fit for the path. My feet were specially crafted for the path ahead. They were designed to fit perfectly between rocks and on tight ledges and I was given perfect balance and a strong hand to hold. I will not tremble and shake in fear because I know that’s when I’m unstable and more likely to fall. I am clothed with strength. I am strong. I have the maker of the earth and the creator of my life holding my hand. It makes fear seem impossible.
Have you ever experienced the madness of those mountain goats that can hop around on tiny little 2″ mountain ledges without slipping?? We saw some mountain goats like this on our honeymoon in Ireland. It just makes me all nervous but, of course, my adventure loving, thrill seeking new husband is jumping out on those cliffs with the goats! I was pretty sure he was going to lose his balance and fall off the huge drop and I was going to come home a widow. Freaked me straight out! But fortunately, he survived and we got to be married for more than just 7 days.
He’s still the same thrill-seeking, risk taking, adventure lover that I married 7 years ago and this straight laced, rule following, 1st born is trying to jump on the risk-taking wagon and go for an exciting ride! (But I’ll probably at least buckle my seat belt.) He’s a former engineer turned entrepreneur who took a dying chemical manufacturing company and in 2 years has turned it around and in 2018 made over a million dollars in sales! He’s amazing. But he has only gotten there by taking some crazy risks. He forfeit a steady paycheck at a well known company in order to put all his energy into this new one. We invested a ton of personal funds. And everyday he tests new chemicals (trying not to blow anything up) and makes cold calls to try to increase sales. Did I mention that he’s amazing?! This all makes me nervous…..it’s just not me. I’m all about getting a mediocre paying job, working it til I retire with a nice pension and never doing anything that I might fail at. But as I memorize this verse today I’m encouraging myself that God didn’t design me to live in a safe bubble and never take any risks. He’s holding my hand and, although I will most definitely fail at times, He will never let go of my hand.
So adventure, watch out! Here I come!
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