Yesterday we went to Mount Cascades waterpark! It was great! It is a ski hill in the winter and some smarty-pants decided to utilize the site in summer and set up a waterpark.
We went early in the morning, and stood in line for it to open but got to ride every slide a couple of times before the lines got to be too long and the midday sun was too hot. It was only $10 to get in and so I got my money's worth for the couple of hours we were there.
All my life I have battled fear. Fear of this, that and practically everything. One thing I could usually enjoy, with some talking into, were rollercoasters, rides and waterslides. Yesterday we arrived at the waterpark and I was walking towards a slide that was steep and all I could think was "Can't do it". Fear, plain and simple, was getting the better of me.
So I stepped out and spoke it to my friends, L and D, who were with me. Said in a joking manner but serious none-the-less, "This is an overcoming fears day!". God is faithful and I am a work in progress and yesterday WAS an overcoming fears day.
Secrets and fears have far too much power when we hold them and hide them. I brought my fear into the light and proclaimed that I was going to overcome and did. I do not claim that it was all me. I was bolstered by friends and supported by Jesus the whole day. And it wasn't just one moment in the day but a number of times fear would creep in again. I stood firm and enjoyed the day.
I feel silly writing this, as who is really that scared of a waterslide? But I was. In that moment and walking up to slides that were steep and that even when I was younger I would have avoided, I was scared. But I did it anyway and had a lot of fun. Now there was alot of heart pounding, adrenaline rushing and during some of the steepest drops, I had to remind myself to breath, but I did it and would do it again!
Take that Fear! And bring on JOY!
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