Fear is just a lie!

It was my own fault, it was my idea! For my birthday I booked my family and I to do a high rope challenge!! How hard could it be? I wanted to push myself and have fun celebrating my birthday! The instructer fitted all 12 of us in our harnesses and helmets gave us the safety talk and then it was time!! A grown man after attempting the first challenge had to turn back the fear got to him he was hyperventilating , I smiled smugly to myself and thought what a wuss!!!! It was my turn I clipped myself on and courageously completed the first wobbly challenge then came the second challenge just a very thin rope to walk across!!!I took three steps then froze, that rope would not stay still I felt sick with fear,I so wanted to turn back I almost shouted down to the instructer "can I just come down and miss this one out then go on another!" Then I remembered the quote (you know I like quotes!) 'Fesr is just a lie' I spoke it out loud and took that rope one step at a time! Each challenge was just as difficult there was no easy ride! I had to step of platforms and zip wire to another challenge I had to sit down then push myself off I just couldn't step off into air! I knew that I had safety harnesses on I knew in my head that it would catch me and not let me fall but did I trust the harness did I nelly!!! Yes my name is Angela and I have trust issues!!!! That morning a friend Had given me 2 Corinthian ch 5 v 7 'We walk by faith not by sight' those high rope challenges looked insecure very unsafe and yet I had to have faith that the harness would hold me and it did! In life with God we have a choice to leave in fear, worry anxiety or to trust in the one who is trustworthy! Right now our family are having to walk by faith as God has told us to move on and yet hasn't told us where! It often feels like we are walking with a blindfold on but I know when we need to know the next step the blindfold will be removed and light will be given to us for the next step. at one point of the challenge I was hanging in mid air the harness wa holding me up and the instructer had to come and assist me. A wise friend encouraged me this morning when we were talking about our future that God will not leave you hanging!! Trusting is not all plain sailing it takes faith and determination but I would rather trust than live in the alternative!!!