Emotions are like roller coasters. They fluctuate so much. The highs, lows, loops, and topsy turvy turns are endless! I have a fear of heights, but since I’m crazy I’ll go on this ride anyway. In fact it’s the first one I go on whenever I go to Canada’s Wonderland. Not just once, but twice, three times, four times….I go, because I know that it’s worth conquering my fears for. I know that after 3mins, 10 secs I’ll be standing back up. I’ll be ready to do more.
Life is a roller coaster. Sometimes you’re up and sometimes you’re down. Sometimes the view from the top is so breathtakingly beautiful and sometimes you’re so scared that you just close your eyes ignoring the view. Sometimes at your lowest, you can’t see the peak and you just feel as if you’re never going to get there so you hold your breath. And sometimes you can’t help but anticipate the fall after the high…then you just end up torturting yourself. So much for enjoying the ride.
But God is so good to me that despite my nature to worry and have an extra anxious heart, He still finds a way to provide me “bubble wraps” of hope & love. Small as they may be, but as a whole it protects that which is sacred & important- his beautiful promise. I can’t get over how creatively he speaks to my heart. He knows how much I delight over the tiniest details and the smallest fractions of “fact”. This past Friday was so full of Easter Eggs; tiny puzzle pieces revealed that lead me closer to the bigger picture.
I may not know where the ups and downs are specifically placed in my life, but I do know that at the end of this ride awaits the Father. I imagine him saying to me, “Congratulations! You survived! You know, I designed this just for you. I hope you didn’t close your eyes too much along the way, because the view from the top is out of this world! I put all your favourite things there, making sure each sight was worth beholding and pondering. I wanted it to be worth conquering each one of your fears. Come join me, now you have the rest of heaven to treat as your playground.”
Deo Gloria.
