“Get up! It’s time!”
“I know, but I’m scared.”
“Of what?”
“What if I fail?”
“You will at times. But what if you succeed?”
“That scares me even more.”
“Why?”
“I don’t really know. I’m afraid of more being expected. Then what if I can’t do any more?”
“How do you know if you can’t do more if you haven’t even tried to do a little?”
“How do you know that I can?”
“Because, you are my child. I put into you the things that I knew you would need to do the task that I have given you. I knew that you would need determination, strength, fire, and audacity. I also knew that those things would also make you stubborn and hard-nosed if not tempered right. That my child is the struggle you are having right now. You are fighting the wrong battle. You are fighting against what I instilled in you, when in reality I intended you to use that to grab hold of the difficult people who are hurt so badly that only you can reach them. They will be hard to love because of their hurt, but I know that you are stubborn enough, determined enough, and audacious enough to not give up on them and to guide them to Me.”
“How do you know that? You’ve seen me! I lose it over the small things now.”
“Yes, but you have also held on and persevered through the tough, too. Let go of what you are holding onto that you think is protecting you. It’s a false wall. It’s not protecting you. It’s keeping you from what I have intended for you.”
“But what if I get hurt?”
“That will happen. Let go of the hurt.”
“What if I fall down?’
“That will happen, too. You know what I want you to do when that happens?”
“You want me to stand back up.”
“Exactly. For some reason, the last time you fell, you chose not to get back up. Not completely. You allowed yourself to stand just enough to where when something hits you, you easily fall. I want you to stand completely up and on a solid foundation that only I can give you. Are you ready?”
“I think so.”
“I asked if you were ready?”
“Yes. But…”
“No. No “but”. When you add that, you are not fully trusting me. Do you trust me to catch you if you fall?”
“Yyeesss.”
“I sense some hesitation. I have never left you. I have been right here waiting for you to take hold of me, ready to help you stand.”
“I know you have.”
“Then what are you waiting for. Are you ready?”
“Yes.”
“Then stand! We have a job to do.”
“Yes, Lord.”
Do WHAT, Lord? 