Trust
in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own
understanding.
—Proverbs
3:5 NLT
Long ago I struggled with
things that tore my heart—thoughts that tormented and claimed my mind. I could
get no clear direction. My faith was drowned in a turbulent sea of fear. Trust
waited patiently to still my raging tide, and calm my soul. I heard faith
calling to reach and believe—to believe beyond what I saw, heard, or felt. It
offered peace and quiet, rest and restoration, but I held on to that fear which
offered no solace. I declared I needed proof. I declared I needed to see, hear,
and feel.
You beckoned me to step
into the midst of that turbulence, and to choose faith—to declare that I trusted
in your love for me. You who had given your life for me would not allow me to drown.
You called, and I chose you. I stepped from the false security of my
self-constructed identity into the sea that summoned. I reached for your hand
instead of my own. And I saw you. I heard you. I understood you. I walked with
you above the waves. It was not the sea that had been my fear. It had been the
fear of letting go and losing me.
Instead of losing myself
all those years ago, I found who I really was in you. And now there is still
more to learn of who I am. There is more to see without seeing, hear without
hearing, and to understand beyond my human constraint. There will always be a
turbulence, but you will always be my safe harbor. There is nothing to
fear—nothing—when you walk out of the tomb with me.
© 2018 Lynn Lacher
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