1485 What's Life Without A Little Risk?

How much of your day is guaranteed? Your success. Your failures. Your smiles. Instead of surviving, it's time for thriving. What's life without a little risk? This is a time of reflection; an intrinsic look as to how you see things, why you feel things the way you do, and the path that you're walking. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact If you want to think deep, we are not guaranteed anything. We're not guaranteed today or tomorrow. We have this minute in a moment. As I was reorganizing my books, I started looking at the titles. In all these titles were promises or problems faced from the perspective of the author. Loving Him Well 5 Minutes with Jesus Siriously Delicious And then I looked at my library of Bibles. It simply has Bible written on them. Maybe a reference to the version, but otherwise Bible. In life, we learn through taking chances. But who and what we put our faith into either increases or decreases our chances of success or failure. It's a risk we take. As much as I like shortcuts, doing life longhand has its benefits. But in giving more thought to life and risks, I began to question if I was trying to shortcut what God was designing longhand. How much of your life are you trying to cut corners? Businesses do it. Government does it. You may have even had friends do it. Some shortcuts can be beneficial. (Look at the processed food. But that's for another episode.) But others only complicate the "system" for success. What's life without a little risk? Risk involves doing something without knowing the outcome for sure. There's no guarantee. But we all need that guarantee! We gravitate towards that guarantee. So why don't we gravitate more towards God? The K.I.S.S. ~ What's life without a little risk? Some would say faith is a risk. You are not guaranteed anything; not what you pray for, not what you hope for, not what you strive for. However, God has given you many promises written in the book without a title of promises or problems faced to lure you in. It's a book of hope. A book of faith. A book of risk that breathes eternal life. Every story you read defines a period of time where someone faced trials and tribulations. They didn't have the answers and took risks to find what they were searching for with no guarantees. The similarities in all the stories are the fact that it led them back to their faith. Believing in what they couldn't see. Taking a risk on God. Walking in faith. Are you trying to live your life with book titles? Trying to take shortcuts in order to get ahead of the game. Or maybe you're doing it to play catch up for all the time missed while being a mom of five children? God doesn't play catch up! His timing is perfect. And in your journey, you must be willing to take a risk. Because what's life without a little risk? SELF CHECKUP: How are you walking daily? Are you trying to do everything by yourself, praying when it's convenient? Are you relying on your own strength in good and bad times? Are you figuring out life as it comes? OR Are you willing to take a leap of faith, and walk-in faith? "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." ~ Isaiah 41:10 NIV What's life without a little risk? This is a great reminder that you can't allow yourself to get caught up in all the pomp and circumstance, all the roller coaster of rides, all the promises, and guarantees. You have to walk in faith. It doesn't matter who wins the Super Bowl. It doesn't matter who gets the raise first. It doesn't matter who has the bigger house. It doesn't matter who is the healthiest. This is your life. You are training for life. God is right there with every step you take. 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