take a leap of faith

i stared at the gaping space

and fear crept up on me

breathing down my spine

"if you go in there

you will die"

i didn't want to go in there

but i closed my eyes

and i remembered

everything that i had been told

my eyes flipped open

i had to go through

i didn't want to

but i had to

it was horrible

it was scary

it was dark

but i had been Called

and i had to go

i took a step forward

and walked through

We all have those things that we have to do that are unpleasant to us, whether it's having to move away from family friends, give up a beloved pet, do our chores, or build a house. There's always those unpleasant things to God calls us to do. We don't want to do them. We shrink back in fear. But we have to do them. Because we've been Called.

There's been lots of unpleasant things that I've been called to do, and I haven't done all of them, and I definitely haven't done all of them without complaining. But sometimes we just have to push through all of our fears and uncomforts and just get the job done. Just get whatever it is over with. Just get it all done.

So take a leap of faith.

Walk through the scary gaping door before you.

And know that Someone's holding your hand the whole way.