On the other side of brave

I hope at some point, I can find a way to share what happened today in a way that does it justice without sharing too many details of something that is also sacred and personal. Because it's in the details that the amazing tender goodness of God is found.

The short of it is this:
I think I've felt like I've been in a cage of sorts for a couple of months; unsure where God wanted me to go next because I was so certain He had brought me to the place that I was.

But the last 6 days have been divinely orchestrated by a God who is so completely aware of our hearts and involved in the details of our lives. I will never doubt that or question that. Unbeknownst to me, He took me back to a city I didn't want to go to so I could face something I didn't want to face.


Yet it's where He needed me to be...
so I could feel brave...
which is maybe what He's been waiting for.


I had a few hours before I needed to get to the airport.
So, I walked to a particular bench on a particular street.
And prayed.
Hard.
"Do you trust me? Do you really?" I felt Him ask.
And I knew that I did.
So I faced it.
Then I stood up and let it go.
And I walked away and didn't look back...committed to just look ahead.
Look ahead and trust.


6/6/12 = my brave day.


I felt real deep peace today...for the first time in months.
And all it took was my willingness to be a little brave.
I find that very interesting.
Because peace is NOT the thing you feel right before you need to be brave.
But, it's what comes after you are.

Do you feel anxious about something?
Are you unsure of where to go next?
Are you being held back by your fears or your questions or your doubts?
Walk. Run. Fly.

Stand up and let it go.
Get out of that cage.
Do something brave today.

There's peace on the other side of brave.
I promise.

"This one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, 

and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 

I press toward the mark for the prize..." 

(Philippians 3:13-14)