When I was a child my grandmother said that I wasn't afraid of anything. She told my mother. "that girl isn't afraid of the devil"; to which I replied, "we are Christian's, we aren't supposed to be afraid of the devil". As we grow older, life experiences shape us. They tend to distort our perception of who we really are deep inside!
This week I participated in Leadership Memphis' Class of 2011 Kick off retreat. We enjoyed many experiences but the one that most affected me was climbing the rock climbing wall. I climbed a 20 foot wall. You see it sounds so simple but it isn't. You see you have to not only over come your fears but you must face them. Facing whatever stands between you and the top of the wall is a daunting task.
We carry so much baggage that we can't make it to the top. Things like saying to ourselves we can't do it. It's to hard to go any further. I can't reach the next rock because my legs are short. Oh my God, I'm too far off the ground, what if I fall and hurt myself? I've seen people get seriously hurt. So many excuses when we need to find the strength within to go to the next level.
That's what I did! I had to dig deep because I have live a long time denying myself because it was easier to quit. Quitting is the easy way out! I do it constantly! I discontinue conversations when I don't like the direction it's going. I discontinue relationships when things get rough and I have to be vulnerable.
I have lived my life so afraid of being hurt that I have not allow myself to experience the exhilaration of reaching the pinnacle or top of the wall! When you reach the top you experience such a rush that helps you to be lieve that you can concur anything!
I'm glad I accepted the challenge! I know that anything is possible...I have the faith to expect the impossible, move the unmovable, fight the unbeatable! FAITH and the funny things is that was the sermon on Sunday! Look at God! Like my grandmother said, "I ain't afraid of nothing!"
