Lessons through the unexpected...
She paces back and forth. One time, now two, and a third. She puts half of her body half down the dresser and almost jumps, but backs away. Paces again and again. Feels with one paw down the dresser as if to test it, but quickly pulls back. Now licking her paw, yes that will help. Paces again, but never jumps. She goes back to the pile of clothes that she has been laying on. Maybe I can jump to the desk....no mom has too many things there. As she walks onto the pile of clothes as one falls to floor 5 feet below.....she jumps back with fear. More pacing continues. She sees her desired destination, but fear keeps her back. It continues.......over a half an hour she does it.
This was the drama that played out for me as I was doing my devotions tonight. My cat, Promise, had gotten atop of Brandon's dresser and laid down on his clothes watching me for the majority of the evening (I warned him that they would be covered in hair, but he could not resist her sweet face). When I moved to our bed to do my devotions Promise very much wanted to join me. Her fear kept her from doing it though until after I was done and had left.
This simple drama with my cat got me to thinking. How often do we dip one toe in the water "to test it", just as she would would slide one paw down the dresser and quickly retract it? How often does our own fear of failing hold us back in life? What are we not doing that God is calling us to? I am not sure of my answer, but I am asking God to reveal it. I don't want my own fear of failure to hold me back from what He has for me.
What fear is holding you back?
This was the drama that played out for me as I was doing my devotions tonight. My cat, Promise, had gotten atop of Brandon's dresser and laid down on his clothes watching me for the majority of the evening (I warned him that they would be covered in hair, but he could not resist her sweet face). When I moved to our bed to do my devotions Promise very much wanted to join me. Her fear kept her from doing it though until after I was done and had left.
This simple drama with my cat got me to thinking. How often do we dip one toe in the water "to test it", just as she would would slide one paw down the dresser and quickly retract it? How often does our own fear of failing hold us back in life? What are we not doing that God is calling us to? I am not sure of my answer, but I am asking God to reveal it. I don't want my own fear of failure to hold me back from what He has for me.
What fear is holding you back?