Food for thought

“It’s a terrifying thing to begin. To begin anything at all. The rewards are but rumors then. The glories are but gossip. To taste and see, we must venture into the murky waters of inexperience. And that is, indeed a terrifying thing. But it's more terrifying still, to stand ashore and wish it could someday truly be true.”
~Tristam Gylberd.

I snagged this quote off my sister-in-law's website...and she got it from a good girlfriend. It's a powerful quote and quite where I am at right now with moving to NZ and starting ministry down there. However, the last line I on hold on to dearly because I never want that to be me...standing on the shore...wishing things could have been different. I know God won't let me and I don't want to be that person. No matter what the waters may look like, or that I can't see the next step after the one right before me, I take that leap of faith, planting my foot down on unknown territory, diving into the deep unknown. Crazy?! Maybe, but where there is great risk, there is also great reward and the building of faith. May it be so, Lord, may it be so.