Something New

When's the last time you did something new? I'm not talking about trying a new restaurant, or watching a movie you've never seen before.

When was the last time that you tried a new experience that was totally out of your norm? I had to think hard to a time when I did something totally new to me. Outside of having my beautiful baby girl - which was a whole experience - I could only think of the first time I went ziplining in a forest.

Standing in the trees, looking down - but trying not to look down - it was scary. And I had to actively shut my brain down from trying to scroll through all the possibilities and scenarios that ultimately led to me lying broken on the ground below. I waited for the majority of my group to go first before I felt ready to have my turn.

Once I stepped off the precipice, trusting the harnesses, clips, helmets, gloves, and a quick prayer to keep me safe and secure - I had a ball. I loved it!

There are going to be times in life where God is going to open a door for you, you're going to look through, and it's going to be something totally out of your frame of reference. It may look scary. It may look impossible. You might have even seen other people do something similar, but God is now looking at you.

I want to encourage you to walk into the Newness of God. Trust that God has put things in place to ensure that you won't wind up broken. He loves you enough to hold you up. He loves you even more than that - He won't just hold you, He'll walk with you.

How remarkable is that?

Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it?

I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

Isaiah 43:19