Just GO!

Scientists, explorers, entrepreneurs with lots of capital. These are the people who "boldly go where no man has gone before," to quote Star Trek (which all great philosophers everywhere always do). You and me, we probably won't do anything in our lifetimes that the outside world would describe that way. That's ok.

Sometimes for me, though, just doing the bit that's in front of me feels like I'm taking up that epic challenge. I feel like it's ME on that Starship Enterprise, hurtling into the black hole of the wide-open universe. I become afraid. I want to turn back. I'm seeking God's will, because I know that's the only safe place in said black hole, but I'm not always sure I've found it.

When I think about the astronauts who allow themselves to be flung into space, too far from earth for any of us to save them should they experience any problems, my stomach tightens. I simply cannot imagine it. I am not made of the same stuff. It's just not in there, folks. Wouldn't it be lovely to understand, to finally know fully, down to our toes, that the God of the black hole of uncertainty is holding us up. He's not holding the ship, he's holding US. I can't fall. I'm in the palm of His hand.

Psalm 139:5-6 puts it this way: "You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain." (Holy Bible, New International Version.)

As I walk the path in front of me, prayerfully seeking His will at each and every turn, I can rest assured that His grace covers my mistakes. He has me. Always has, always will.