My coffee cup sits amidst a white cloud of college envelopes. Each one added to the pile is blaring a message: • Come here; our campus is the most gorgeous! • Want to travel and discover the world? Our college is for you! • Big dreams. Big opportunities. Explore your future today. Some even dare to get flashy: • You’ve been chosen! • Your accomplishments really make you stand out. • We’re proud of you. Regardless of the marketing scheme, the envelopes all emit the same whisper: Youre getting close to finishing high school, Deborah. What are you really going to devote your life to? The world is a competitive place. Do you actually have something to offer? These whispers invite some terrifying questions: • What if I completely screw up and miss God’s plan? • Am I anything special? • Will my dreams ever be realized? • What if I’m heading in the wrong direction? Fear is like a suffocating plastic bag placed over our heads. It lets in enough light and allows vision to be just clear enough that we almost believe what we see is unclouded reality. Doubt is like a sticky substance thinly-coating our fingers. It allows us to touch, create, and accomplish. but not to the best of our ability as we can never have full contact. Fear and doubt entangle so easily. God, can You be trusted?
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 22:42:42 +0000
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