I thought I'd try something new today. I always find it exciting and a little scary to try something new. The thoughts go through my head. What if I mess it up? What if it's not good? Then I answer my own questions. Who cares if I mess it up? I don't think that there is a "Right or Wrong" way to do this. Who is judging if it is good or not? The only one that I need to please is God and I think he'll just be happy that I'm brave enough to try something new. It's so funny the things in my life that take "bravery". When I think about the fears inside of me it's always about my heart. My heart is afraid to show. It cowers in a corner like a scared kitten waiting for someone to coax it out. And these days I hear God coaxing me. I hear him telling me to take a step, sometimes he even wants me to leap. Today I feel like leaping.
I was reading in Matthew Chapter 3 last night. It's funny sometimes how one or two words just keep repeating themselves after I've read them. I read two chapters of Matthew yet the only thing that has been stuck in my brain is Chapter 3:4 "John's clothes were made of camel's hair and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey." I can't help but wonder what clothes made of camel's hair would look like. It really doesn't seem like a very glamorous outfit to me. And then the part that really keeps resounding is that he ate locusts and wild honey. Locusts! They are bugs. He ate bugs! And he had to get wild honey out of bee hives. I don't know about you but my biggest fear is bees. I panic when I see bees. I absolutely hate them. And yet, John the Baptist had to eat from the beehives. I'd say that he was a true warrior.
I know that I'm not called to eat locusts or wild honey and I'm so grateful for that. I do however think that God calls each of us to do things for him everyday. And some of those things are not "fun". Like eating a handful of locusts or sticking your hand in a beehive to get some wild honey. Yet when we follow his lead, when we listen to his coaxing the rewards are indescribable. I want to be a brave warrior for Jesus. I want to do whatever it takes in order to be glorifiying His kingdom.
