Leap of faith (into Victoria Falls)

 

On June 22, 2014 I faced my fears. I went bungee jumping, swinging and zip lining across Victoria falls. I always use to tell my friends and family I will never go bungee jumping, ever! I was at first terrified of the thought, but my team encouraged me and reminded me I am an overcomer. I can face anything.
I was the first one to step up to go bungee jumping out of my group. I was nervous, shaking, and my adrenaline was already going. They got me prepared to do the jump. I looked down and got nervous. So I straightened up my gaze at the beauty all around me, opened my arms up like an eagle, heard the count down… 4-3-2-1… My heart pounding and took the biggest leap of faith I’ve ever done before (Literally the biggest leap of faith) and free fell 111 meters above Victoria Falls. I honestly wasn’t sure how my body would react to all the adrenaline. As I am dangling upside down I feel the rush through my body. My hands and arms were tingling, I felt a little dizzy but I guess that’s expected being upside down. It was once in a lifetime opportunity, me just dangling upside down over Victoria falls in Zambia/Zimbabwe.
As they started to pull me up, the man who helped me get upright asked me how I was feeling and I told him I felt great! That this was amazing and one of my biggest fears but I overcame it and did it today. He saw my tattoo on my barefoot that said “Live by Faith” and said to me well you sure are doing that, living by faith to overcome your fear.
At that moment it just triggered something in my head. I can overcome almost anything because I believe by faith. I don’t have to have it all together, I don’t have to know what my life will be like within the next year, I just need to keep believing and have faith.
Faith has helped me overcome so many obstacles in my life. It has detoured my life to go on the World Race. It has opened my eyes to not live in fear or let my biggest fears hold me back from becoming stronger.
As crazy as bungee jumping was it has actually made me realize to live my life by faith and keep overcoming big, small, crazy fears/obstacles and keep on believing.

Romans 1:17
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”