LEAPS OF FAITH

Hi Sisters!!

I’ve always had a favorite scene from Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade. It’s the scene where Indiana is almost through the maize of traps set to keep him from reaching the cup. He has survived all sorts of things, from traps to chop his head off, to trap floors he could fall through. At last he comes to the last step… and it’s a big one. He must step onto and cross a bridge that, from his perspective only looks like a long, long fall down an endless abyss. After a dramatic pause where he stares straight ahead and lifts his hand to his heart as if to stop the pounding, Indiana lifts his leg up high and… steps. Of coarse our original belief that he was stepping to his death is not true and I always sigh with relief when his foot touches an ancient but still very solid stone bridge, painted to blend in with its surroundings. It’s a cheesy example, but this is always how I imagined faith and really believing in God. You just have to step out, into the unknown and something miraculous will happen. It’s a heart-pounding and exhilarating adventure that you know will always turn out just right.

Undeniably, there are times that having faith is an exciting adventuresome thing. Even in my own life there have been faith situations that caused the heart rate to go up (lets face it, they make good stories later on). But what about the times when you can’t step out? Yeah, there’s still the great unknown out there but, who knows, maybe the invisible bridge is under construction, or you have to finish college before the real adventure can start. How do you trust when you aren’t Indiana Jones and you don’t have a bridge to step out onto? I’m not just talking about the times when everything just sits still. That’s frustrating too, but what about the times when there’s a situation and you really, truly can do absolutely nothing about it, you don’t have a step to take. I think that’s when the real faith comes in. We all like to play the Indiana Jones (we all have a little bit of the Indiana Jones in us). We all like our faith to be on our terms. We like to be the ones to take the step of faith instead of sitting patiently and letting God take care of it for us. The whole leap of faith thing is nice sounding but how often does that leap of faith actually rely on God? Or are our leaps of faith us believing in ourselves to take the risk, hoping that God will somehow save us?

Just a thought that entered my head as I struggle through how to trust God when I don’t have any control over the circumstances presented to me.



Blessings,
Lydia

Until Friday, July 16th, Keep the Faith!


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