un-com-fort-a-ble
adjective
Causing or feeling slight pain or physical discomfort.
Causing or feeling unease or awkwardness.
Raise your hand if you enjoy being uncomfortable?
Anybody?
Nobody?
No one likes to be uncomfortable.
We like our comfort.
We like our routines.
We have that one comfy spot that we kick back and relax after work.
If you’re like me you have a specific pillow you sleep with, or you can’t get a good nights rest.
We don’t like to be uncomfortable.
We don’t like being in situations that push us out of our comfort zones.
Speaking in front of small groups and large groups is my number one thing on my list of things that makes me uncomfortable.
I don’t like going to the doctors by myself or even making phone calls, (Since I’m 21 I am expected to do that stuff myself, like really mom?) Just me?
WHAT IF our discomfort brings someone else comfort?
WHAT IF that inkling you got to tell that stranger that they are loved, but you are too uncomfortable, just what if that would bring them the comfort that they needed for that moment?
WHAT IF me going across the world for three months, not sleeping in my own bed with my special pillow, just what if my discomfort that I will feel, will also bring those whom I’m serving comfort?
WHAT IF God isn’t just a God of comfort, but also a God that wants us to step out of our comfort zones and call us into uncomfortable situations.
We don’t grow in our comfort zones.
We don’t grow in a confined space.
So while I don’t like to be uncomfortable, I am going to have to be.
In the moments that I will feel most uncomfortable I will have come out of my own strength and into Gods.
This journey has been nothing but comfortable for me. The whole sending support letters and asking people to join me finically in my journey has been anything but comfortable for me.
But, what if my discomfort will lead to someones comfort?
*Thank you from the bottom of my heart to those who’ve support me on my journey, whether it has been finically, emotionally, or spiritually. I could not ask for a better support system. I am beyond excited as I get closer to leaving the country.
In love,
Cierra
