Good Fear

My friend Adeline reminded me that fear is the necessary ingredient for faith, without which we remain comfortable in our comfort zones. Walking on water doesn't come without a dose of realistic fear. So is starting a new life in a new land.

I am thankful that I have a friend with whom I can walk this parallel journey with. Although Ad's off to Australia, and I'm off to Canada, the trials and transitions are the same. Our currency may differ, but the currency of faith is the same. Are we trusting in God to see us through a new beginning?

Sometimes I feel that I have faith in God only because I have nowhere else to look but up. Then again, perhaps that is right where God wants me to be. For if I had every answer, I tend to forget that it is NOT me who holds the future, but the Lord.

So in facing the unknown future, I am forced to face my faith - and confront its existence, and the measure in which it exists.

Fear illicits faith. Perhaps that, in itself, is not a bad thing.