They say the carousel never stops turning. You can’t get off. Each second we live is like pieces of one long inescapable moment and we get to choose which ones haunt us, hurt us, inspire us, drive us, or even excite us. Each moment is a part of our story and to a degree defines who we are. It’s some of those things that we remember vividly in the back of our mind as a moment that changed everything or even something so simple as a memory we replay on a rainy day. It’s those small things that lead to the big things like how we decide what we want to do with our lives.
There’s a song called “The Dash” and it talks about making the most of your time here on Earth. It’s a song that stands out to me because I had never thought about my life as a dash between two dates, birth and death. The time between those two dates is beyond crucial. So crucial that I’m more afraid of not living up to the life God has called me to than I am at failing in the plans I want for my life. I think there are so many times we settle for ordinary lives that we create for ourselves rather than strive to accomplish the extraordinary life God has made for us because we are afraid. We don’t want to take that leap and be brave like He has called us to.
The thing that I’ve learned about following God is that it’s not always “safe” or easy. There’s no guarantee that I will succeed at anything or that I will be safe and sound all the time. When you truly follow The Lord and love Him then you know things are not always favorable, but one thing that is for sure is that He is worth it. He is worth every unknown ending, unsure step, every prayer, every moment, every breath. He is worth the cost. By the time I get to the end of my dash of life I want to be able to say I used everything He gave me for HIS GLORY. I want to say I was BRAVE.
Going on this trip for me is about serving God. It’s about giving Him my YES. It’s about trusting His desires for my life and even if they scare me, it’s about doing them anyway because I know I won’t walk through this alone. I want my dash to be worth something and not just another carousel you see at the fair. I am doing this for HIM because He is worth it, always worth it.
LoveLoveLove, Marie
