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Posted on Nov 13th 2015
"Let your faith be bigger than your fears"
http://reflectionsofrevelation.com/faith-be-bigger-11x14/
How
do I keep finding myself in these situations? Am I an adrenaline
junkie? Or am I just a little off in the head? I thought the last time I
got on an airplane was the craziest thing I'd ever done in my life. But
what I'm about to do tops even that.
What tops moving to a third world country in Central America for three months? Well, how
about a 10 day trip to an Eastern European country that you can't spell
and almost can't pronounce? Yep, I'm about to go do that. And I'm not
going with a group of people either - just one other traveling buddy to
guide me through this experience. Yep, I'm going to do that.
I would be lying if I told you that during the entire planning time for this trip, I was
super excited and ready for action. I was nervous. I was pensive. I
was scared at times. I'd never been anywhere in Europe, except in
history books. I don't speak any language even remotely close to
anything they speak over there. This is an Eastern European country
that was tormented throughout much of the world wars, and even now,
being threatened by other countries.
Where was my destination,
you ask? Ukraine. Uzhhorod, Ukraine. Now I'm sure at some point you may
have heard about it on the news since there's war and unrest in the
country now. But my calling to go visit this country was before all
that. Just before...as in a few months prior to its making national
news. I had no idea where it was on the map, let alone think I may have
stamps in my passport from this nation.
But here I was, on a huge international plane, where they are giving all instructions in
about three languages before English. What was I doing? What was I
thinking? Big deep breath. Another. One more for good measure. I've
got this. Do I? Chicago to Germany to Budapest, Hungary by plane. Then
a taxi across the boarder to Ukraine. Layovers and taxis and luggage,
oh my!
It was at moments like these, when I was deep in second (and third) guessing myself, that I
had to reach down deep within me to remember why I was heading out on
this daunting task. This wasn't a mere vacation; this was a culmination
of everything I'd been learning up to this point in my life. And it
was time to sink or swim. Or fly...
I knew this trip was the right thing to do. Many had tried to persuade me otherwise. I
had even had to wrestle with my own self-doubts. But I knew that I knew
that I knew that this was what I was suppose to be doing with my life in
this moment. This was the time, and I was on that plane. And you know
what, I had the time of my life, was challenged beyond belief, fell in
love with an entire portion of the world I never knew existed, and it
actually helped me launch my iPhone photography business! It was
incredible!
But, in order to get on that plane, and the next one, and the next one, I had to face my
fears head on. What if I got lost? what if my bags got stolen? what if I
failed? What if...Every time one of those pesky statements scrolled
across my brain, I had to meet it head on. Not with a whimsical, "Oh
that won't happen to me" attitude, but with a resolve that no matter
what happened, I knew I was suppose to make this trek. I am smart, I am
resourceful, and I have a big God watching my back. And my luggage. I
had to rely more on my faith than my fears. Faith in God, faith in
this mission, and faith in myself.
We all have to face times like this. You may not be getting on an international plane to
travel halfway around the world to gallivant down streets where you
can't speak the language. But we all face those moments in time where
our faith is one one side of the balance, and our fears are on the
other. And a decision must be made. The fears may be real or
perceived. But face them. Stare them in the face. Eat them for
breakfast. Put them to the test, and you may find they were the only
thing holding you back from greatness, from your destiny. I have
decided, one choice at a time, to stop letting fear hold me back from
living life.
Sometimes that's flying around the world, sometimes that's simply choosing to let go, to
forgive, to eat the healthier option. We all have fears. We all have
faith. I challenge you, in whatever you are facing today, choose to let
your faith be bigger than your fears. Because you were meant for so
much more! Don't let anything hold you back from being all you, all
present, and all amazing!
Photo taken with iPhone 4, October 2013, flying over Europe.
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