Welp.
Here we go.
The proverbial “leap of faith.”
But seriously. It does feel like jumping.
I remember I took my dad to The Bridge to Nowhere in Azusa Canyon, CA. It’s a 5 mile hike in and then you bungee jump off the bridge. An AMAZING experience. Beautiful hike in nature and at the end an adrenaline rush that you’ve never experienced before. Except I had. A few years earlier I had the opportunity to bungee. Thrilling. Exciting. Adrenaline rush is an understatement. So this time around with my dad I was super confident. “I’ve done this before. Can’t wait to do it again. This time I’m going to jump facing forward.” During the hike to the bridge, it was just as I remembered. And I kept getting excited. Not for my jump but for my dad’s. He’s going to love it. I focused so much on that I really did forget to think about myself. Then it was my turn to jump. I’m all arrogant and walk up like “I’ve done this before”. I tell the guide I’m going to jump forward. Last time I went backwards.
I got this.
I take one step on the platform and look out and down. I immediately turn around and bail out on the front jump. He looks at me and says, “called an audible huh?” What a moment.
I sure wasn’t ready to leap.
I feel those same butterflies and nervousness in this launch. I know now what I knew then. It was safe. But even though it was safe, it didn’t mean I felt safe. In fact, I’m feeling scared, nervous, anxious.
What if it doesn’t work?
What if people judge me?
What if I fail? (That’s the big one).
All these questions that bring in doubt and fear. Hindrances and barriers to the future. When I speak earlier of it being “safe” I mean the feeling of having the control be surrendered to Jesus. Putting faith in him to keep me safe the way the bungee would. Not protecting me from the fears and anxieties of jumping. But rather the thought that no matter how far the bungee stretches I will return to the bridge. I won’t hit the ground. I won’t die.
I remember the smile on my dad’s face. When he came up from jumping it was so big. He loved it. That moment. It’s the realization that no matter how big the leap of faith we are asked to take we are in God’s hands. And he will keep us safe.
So today in the launch of The Human One, I will put my faith in Jesus.
Proverbs 3:5-6 was one of the first Bible verses my dad taught me.
I’ve never forgotten it.
It seems relevant in this moment.
I will “leap” into that.
Leap into something new yourself. Free from the What-If’s
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