Crossroads

…or rather, what are you not saying. I don’t know about you but every now and then I look back at a situation and wonder, “why didn’t I say, what I wanted to say?” I think that the plain answer is that we are scared, scared to speak our minds because someone might think of us as different. It’s interesting, everybody always makes the claim that they want to be different, they believe that they want to stand out but when the time comes to be different, many of us simply shrink back and coast as usual. I recently had lunch with my dad where we discussed death. Now you might find that weird but for me it was incredible. You see, we were discussing that as Christians, we find ourselves much less afraid. Afraid of the things life throws our way, but also less and less afraid of death.

With Christ as your friend and heaven as your home, the day of death becomes
sweeter than the day of birth. -Max Lucado

I think that as Christians that we can take more away from this, you see Jesus said that he came to bring us life and life to the fullest. How many of us deeply desire that full life, and how many of us today could look in the mirror and say we are living it? I believe it is fear that holds us back from experiencing the life that Christ died to give us.

So maybe the next time that you are afraid, you don’t panic, maybe instead you thank God for the life he has given you, maybe you speak the words you know you should, or you take that chance you were afraid to. All I know is that it is when we cast our fears down at the cross that we can truly live, and when we can truly live we live in Gods glory.