Out of My Comfort Zone

Have you ever done something and you stop and think, “Man… that was so uncharacteristic of me!” I find myself saying this a lot more lately. I feel like God has taken hold of my heart and stretched in ways I never knew it could stretch. Teaching me to grow in things I never thought in a million years I would ever want to do. Giving you one example, can you believe at one point of time I hated to write? I was one of “those people” who couldn’t stand the thought of sitting down to write a paper. However I have found I’m writing pages upon pages and enjoying every minute of it. Who would have ever thought?

Needless to say, God has challenged me to do things way out of my comfort zone. It comes back to that good old saying, “You can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk?” I no longer just talk about wanting to do something, I’m finally doing them. Five years ago if you told me I would be single, living on my own in Circle City, writing in a blog, starting a bible study and enjoy running marathons. I would have flat out told you that you’re nuts !?! I was foolish back then, I had my life all planned out. I thought I knew who I was going to marry, where I wanted to live and exactly what I was supposed to do with my life. Goes to show God had much bigger plans then I had for myself. Turning my little “thought to be perfect” world upside down.

Honestly, I didn’t really contemplate that when I asked God a few years back to take me out of my comfort zone, that He would really take me this far. And let me tell you the journey has been a rough one, it hasn’t been easy. But through it all He has given me the greatest gift I could of asked for, a heart for Him and His will. I don’t know where God will lead me on this journey but I’m thankful He has given me this passion for it.

“You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.” – Psalm 16:11

“ You broaden the path beneath me, so that my ankles do not turn.” -2 Samuel 22:37

“I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free.” – Psalm 119:32