After a week away in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, I'm back to Cincinnati and back to work. I'm also back to the job search and The Journey. What a wonderful trip away. Fresh air, mountains and the best friends anyone could ask for, not to mention, my beautiful wife. What a fantastic week!
I've now received my 4th rejection email (and that's okay - a "no" is still an answer) and I am still waiting to hear back from other churches around the country. This faith-step is becoming more and more real to me with each passing day. The questions arise... If I dont' get hired soon, how will I provide for my family? Where is God going to take us? What is His almighty plan for our lives and when will He reveal it to us?
Then I remember Hebrews, Chapter 11 - It starts with "Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for." (NIV)
It goes on to list the men and women who have "gone before" - People of faith. People who left everything they had to pursue God's call for their lives. I pray that I would have half that faith.
Chapter 12 starts with, "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart."
Eyes on the prize, Tony... Eyes on the prize!
This is one of the photos that has been my motivation. Just one step... Just one!
Indiana Jones (though nothing but a fictional character), Has inspired me. As he stood upon the precipice and took his "leap of faith", he did it with (almost) reckless abandon. He believed in what his father told him. He had faith in what he read. He put two and two together and it equaled three! And he took the step! It made no sense, but it was what was needed.
An old Chinese proverb states, "The journey of a thousand miles starts with one step". I'm just waiting to get to the ledge.
"Show me the path, Lord. Take me to the ledge and I will step out!"
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