I'm doing something entirely new today.
Do you know that whether you realize it or not, you probably do at least one new thing every day that you haven't before? Probably a lot more though I don't have statistics to back it.
Think about it. That detour around the construction zone, the stop to buy milk at the corner gas station you've never wandering into before...all these tiny little events that shape your day are actually you moving in a new direction. And that's exciting because life would get terribly dull if every day was precisely the same as the one before it.
I'm wandering into unexplored territory for me today. I've volunteered to judge at a community event - the 2009 NCFCA Region III Invitational Speech and Debate Tournament in Colorado Springs. Think you can remember all that? This is something I have never so much as WATCHED much less judged, though I'm told that's OK. The judges will be trained tomorrow morning.
Why am I doing this? Quite honestly because I felt God nudging me to do it. And if there's anything I've learned it's to listen to those nudges. The question is why does God want me there, at this time, doing this?
That, my friends is the fun part. The discovery. The pushing of the boundaries that we set by our routine and predictable lives.
I'm looking forward to this, even if it's a bit scary. And besides, it's not like I'm doing this alone.
OK I can't resist the temptation to take this one out of context just a touch:
But if I do judge, my decisions are right, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me. John 8:16.
Well, we can at least pray that my decisions are right...
What have you done that's outside of your comfort zone lately?
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This one gets me where it hurts. I don't like to get out of my comfort zone.
*hugs* Sharon. It's never easy, that's for sure. I was scared to death this morning when I drove over to the competition and in fact was looking for every excuse to back out.
The thing is once I got there...it was really fun. I've been blessed to be able to hear such passionate and interesting speeches by these young Christians. I'm looking forward to going back later today!
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