Hello, my friends. As I figure out this blog thingy, I’m learning a lot.
My priorities—home, family, and newspaper deadlines—are teaching me I can’t blog weekly. Meanwhile, my job at the candy shop keeps me from other story submissions and my book project. While I’ve shared snippets of Naked Truth, I want to give it my full attention.
But, I’m also learning there are times I need to vent, clear my mind, and write an off-subject story. So goes my brain these days.
Like Dug, the dog in the movie Up, I have my squirrel moments.
Sometimes it’s hormones, sometimes it’s caffeine, sometimes it’s the passions God put in me. Lord, help us, when it’s all of the above. But He uses it all.
As my writing career enters its toddler stage, I’m cutting new teeth and learning to walk. Yes, my wonderful readers, you’re kinda like my parents. You’ll see me wobble and whine.
Such is life for us who seek to grow. We will doubt and we will fail, but God doesn’t. He coaxes us to baby steps and sometimes to giant ones.
A couple years ago, I prayed, “God, I want to do something so big that only You can do it through me.” It’s a scary, exhilarating, giant step. But, a toddler doesn’t worry about what to do once she learns to walk, she just goes for it.
It’s all about letting go and learning as we go.
Is there a niggling desire you keep pushing away because you’re afraid to fail? As God’s children, we can surrender the outcome and step from fear to faith because we know He’s got us. Abba waits with arms wide ready to catch us, steady us, and guide us.
Do you feel a tug on your heart to punch fear in the face and step further into your God-given identity? Not simply to do more but to be more?
Perhaps you’d play piano, talk to a neighbor, or jump out of a plane. Maybe you’d forgive or apologize or stop worrying about things you can’t change.
Friends, if you’re over-thinking, you’re bowing to fear. I know. I do it all the time.
As we seek to grow into our divine design, we’ll toddle and fall. There are days we’ll want to give up. Especially when we hear, “Who are you kidding? You can’t do this. It’s too big.”
Lately, I hear that when I sit down to write. When do you hear it? That’s where God wants you to step from fear to faith.
Those nasty confidence killers love to taunt us straight from the pit of hell. But remember, whether it’s baby steps or giant ones, God will teach us along the way. It’s okay to wobble. Just keep moving forward, my friends.
© Robin Melvin 2015
Sounds like someone speaking from the experience of a patient and very loving grandmother. Thanks
So good Robin. Years ago, I read a book called, “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway” – the gist being that if you wait for the fear to go away, it never will….Irene Bucchtenkirch
Hi Irene! Thank you. That sounds like a good read. I’ll check it out. Yes, we wouldn’t get much of value accomplished if we wait for fear to go away. God is so faithful. Grace and peace to you.