Seriously...this cold weather is the pits! -45 windchill! My dog went out yesterday and usually she will run the yard to make sure all is safe, but it was way too cold yesterday for her to even WANT to run around the yard. She was so excited for me to let her out last night before bed and she was gearing up to charge out the door, but as soon as the cold air hit her lungs she stopped in her tracks and found a place to do her business and came right back in.
Now, let's take a moment and think. How many times do we want to do something because we just feel like it's the right thing to do...? Like writing a blog, doing foster care, opening up our house to people who just need a safe place to go, working outside of the house, homeschooling, changing jobs, moving, etc.... The list is endless. And how many times have we stopped in our tracks because of fear, anxiety that we won't be good enough, stubbornness...insert any excuse we can think of
Growing up my parents taught me that if you continue to feel a prodding in your soul that it's God knocking on the door trying to tell you something. I think that it's so easy for us to stop in our tracks and freeze because we are too afraid to open the door and see what is on the other side. For me it usually takes about 50 times of knocking from The Lord for me to finally open the door and take a peek. And each time The Lord knocks it gets a tad bit louder until it's almost like he's pounding all around me. I have to check every square inch of the perimeter and make sure it's safe, that this is something that I will KNOW I will succeed at, and that I have a peace about it instead of just taking a step of faith and trusting that God has my back. I need to be better at this. Taking that leap of faith into the unknown... But it's not really unknown because God knows. It's His plan.
So what is it that God is trying to tell me... To tell you? Maybe instead of checking the perimeter and making sure all is safe we just need to jump in and get it done.
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