Stepping Off the Edge of the Cliff
Imagine this: you are hiking up a long, winding trail on a beautiful mountainside. The flowers are wafting their early summer scents through the warm air. The hummingbirds are darting to and fro, seemingly effortless in their flight. The path is not smooth, but the rocks do not hinder your progress. Occasionally, a tree limb or root cause a short detour. But always, always the path is there, winding its way to the peak. Suddenly, as you place one sure foot in front of the other, there is a drop off--sheer rock below you for hundreds of feet. A loose pebble finds its way down into the apparently bottomless span before you. One foot slips, and down you tumble. Scary thought, isn't it? It makes my heart pound just to ponder it! Our faith journey can be similar to this. We find small detours, yet always wind our way back to the truth. We traverse the course before us, this odyssey we call "life," and push forward. ...