Launch Points

Why Insights and Delights? Because I like to wonder about the big and little things of life and faith. Insights and Delights offers hope and truth for important issues and small curiosities. To jumpstart things, here’s a post from my previous blog, Simply Delightful, that bridges the gap between then and now. Welcome to a blessing for today!

 

“Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” Isaiah 40:31 (NIV)

 

From August 2011:

I’m pondering today how it feels to be on the brink of something big. Pondering may not be the most appropriate word. It seems to be burdened with a weighty tone. Considering? Meditating on? Anticipating? Perhaps each of those terms does in fact fit our pendulum of emotions as we face an unknown future. At times our courage and faith are big, grandiose enough to calm our fears. Other times we’d like to crawl back into bed and pray to wake up when someone else has the details figured out—to our good, of course.

 

Uncertainty is exciting. Or frightening. True multitaskers could even pride themselves on feeling the whole gambit of emotions all at the same time.

 

Are you approaching a launch point? A place where you must face change, perhaps a jolt out of your comfort zone?

 

I wonder if the bird in the picture is facing a launch point of his own. From our perspective his position may seem terrifying. He’s at the top of the Empire State Building—outside the security gate no less. If we were to put ourselves where he is, it’s likely we’d feel a prickle of terror. However, consider what a bird is gifted to do. Really, he’s already jumped off his launch point. Now he’s at the heights that can only be reached by going for it. And what a sight to see. He could get there only by launching.

 

Living life fully inevitably means launching into an unknown now and then. But oh the heights and sights when we go for it. Sure, there’s risk of falling. But there’s a promise from One who has the ability to rescue and rebuild. And lift again.

 

When you know Who’s holding you up, you can be certain in the uncertainties of a launch point that beckons.

 

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  1. Every new launch point comes with a bit of fear prickling at us. Most of the time my fear comes with new contacts. I can get up and talk to a room full of people, no problem. A one-on-one meeting will have me trembling in my boots. But I love that “God surround” feeling, and once His peace washes over me, I’m good to go. Great post, Erin. Thank you!

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