Have you ever been fearful of a new beginning in your life?
Has fear or being scared of something ever stopped you from taking a new step in your life?
Maybe it is related to something God is calling you to do but you’re not sure how.
Maybe it is the not knowing what to expect that is difficult.
Maybe you were too scared to take that leap of faith because you didn’t know what you would find.
As I was recently traveling home solo from a Third Day concert (my favorite Christian band..in case you didn’t know!) on a ride that took four hours, thoughts of having a traffic delay made me think about uncharted waters in our lives.
The prior day, I was very thankful that I was not going in the opposite direction where there was a little construction but then what seemed like miles and miles of traffic backed up. They were even to the point of a stand still though I am really not sure why.
It was kind of “funny” how another friend of mine happened to text me about something and I mentioned the traffic I had seen the first day. She had actually been traveling the same direction the same day and noticed it as well.
She said maybe I should consider seeking an alternate route. Because of her saying that, I did end up pulling over on way home when I noticed there was a 20 minute stopped traffic notification on the GPS. I had just paid a toll so had a good place to pull over to see if there was an alternate route.
I really didn’t think there would be but the GPS said there was though it added 15 minutes to my trip. I figured it was worth it to be able to keep moving instead of coming to a standstill in traffic.
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