Over the years, I knew what breaking out of the comfort zone was because I was married to a risk-taker kind-of-guy. Some risks paid off and some didn\u2019t, but it was the two of us, so it made an “It Takes Two” mindset for stepping out and going for it. We were big thinkers and bet-the-farm risk takers. That was then; this is now. I\u2019ve become much more guarded as a single \u2013 not venturing too far outside of my comfort zone in some ways, especially when it comes to protecting my #1 asset\u2026ME!
Last year, at this time, I sat in the stands at my grandson\u2019s baseball tournament with a coat on for Texas\u2019 reasonably cool weather. I was mistaken. It was blasting cold and I regretted not being more prepared. That made me determined, this year, to buy a parka and found one that guarantees warmth down to -8 degrees temps. I tested it out on Friday, taking my grand-dog, Bentley, out for a walk. It didn\u2019t disappoint.
Then, yesterday, I tested it out again in East Texas. Bentley (my responsibility while the fam are basking in the Bahamas at a wedding and enjoying Spring break) and I made our way to not-so-warm temps in Rusk, TX at Epiphany Ranch. One of the tiny homes there was awaiting our arrival. Cozy and warm inside. But, not so much for the culmination of a 3-day seminar in Dallas and some of the attendees following up at Epiphany Ranch for a dedication of the lake and super-charging it with God\u2019s holiness as four people were baptized in water, giving their expression of dying to self and coming alive to the fullness of Christ in them. Holy Waters yet freezing water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, there you go\u2026.and there we go. I broke out of my safe space in Austin to the cold with my travel companion, Bentley. Once again, this widow, mom and nana has got game! I\u2019m in it to win it \u2013 that is \u2013 this life\u2026no excuses\u2026.no holds barred!
It\u2019s like I\u2019m still at the Disney parks with my family where I rode every ride \u2013 crazy fast, spinning, dropping, push and pull of gravity of the Rockin\u2019 Roller Coaster, Tower of Terror, Space Mountain and Test Drive\u2026..and even went in for repeats. Like I\u2019ve said before \u201cI\u2019m not giving up until I\u2019m taken up and once I\u2019m up\u2026.arrived at my heavenly destination, I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll be yelling at the top of my lungs \u201cWow!! What a ride!!!\u201d
Your concerns may not be about freezing cold temperatures or taking cross country trips as a single. But, in some ways, you may be doubting yourself as you step out of your safe space — maybe a job interview, speaking up at a meeting, asking that cutie for a date, or, like a friend who messaged me on Friday — not feeling qualified to accept a ministry leadership role. My reply to my friend was “God doesn’t usually call the qualified. He qualifies the called.” Just like He did with Moses, David, Peter, and Paul. Every time we step out in faith and resist fear, we grow a little stronger, experience more thrills and exhilarating times.
God is looking for believers who are so in love with Him\u2014soul, heart and mind\u2014that the risk doesn’t scare them\u2014or if it scares them, they go ahead anyway! Regardless of what God is leading you to do, I can promise you, it will be bigger than you are, and it will be risky. It will require you to live by faith and not by sight. It will test you and frighten you, but that\u2019s where the blessing is, where the abundant life is. Don\u2019t miss it. If God is for you, who can be against you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Over the years, I knew what breaking out of the comfort zone was because I was married to a risk-taker kind-of-guy. Some risks paid off and some didn\u2019t, but it was the two of us, so it made an “It Takes Two” mindset for stepping out and going for it. We were big thinkers and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15922],"tags":[9496,1210,1769,622,5328,20832,23099,23098,23100,40,6565,12247,23097,123,8552,23096],"class_list":["post-15721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abundant-life","tag-baptism","tag-blog","tag-christian","tag-comfort-zone","tag-disney","tag-epiphany-ranch","tag-god-qualifies-the-called","tag-holy-waters","tag-if-god-is-for-you","tag-inspiration","tag-it-takes-two","tag-risk","tag-risk-taker-2","tag-safe-place","tag-seminar","tag-warm-place"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15723,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15721\/revisions\/15723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}