Doing it scared

Hey there! My name is Allison, and this is my blog. It’s a work in progress, just like I am. Here I will share all of the interesting, messy, and wonderful things I am learning about God and experiencing in my life as His child. Hopefully, the words I share here will encourage you and spur you to grow in your relationship with Jesus! You aren’t alone in this journey of life and faith.

Before we get started in getting to know each other, I have a confession to make.

Did you know I love writing? Well, I do. I also love something else that a lot of writers have in common: procrastinating. Now, when I say I “love” procrastinating, what I mean is that kind of passionate, sarcastic love that means I despise it with vehemence but cannot seem to stop regardless.

When it comes to procrastinating, this blog was no exception.

I have been thinking about starting a blog for quite a while, yet even though there is no age limit and no experience or skills required to start a blog, I just didn’t do it. I wouldn’t do it. I wouldn’t do it because I was scared. I was scared to “expose” myself, to share the deep things in my heart; and yet I couldn’t stop feeling deep down that I needed to share those things.

Through a few crucial years of personal growth, exciting opportunities, and some especially wonderful people, my heart and head were finally in a place to take on the adventure of starting my blog- and so here I am!

I’ll be honest with you: I am still scared to start this blog. But I know something now I didn’t know a few years ago: You’ll always be scared to do things in life- and the scariest things are almost always the things most worth doing.

I still have much to learn about life and my place in God’s plan. But if nothing else, I have learned two things:

God can always be trusted
It’s okay to do things scared

I’m almost certain you have things going on in your life right now that have you scared. Unfortunately, it’s a part of being human. But if Jesus is your Lord and Savior, you are not a slave to that fear! You have a hope that goes beyond the grave. You are profoundly, deeply loved by the King of the Universe.

“But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ… “
(Ephesians 2:4-5a)

Take a second to think about that. If you don’t believe God loves you that much right now, that’s okay. We’ll come back to this. But if you believe that His love for you is true, it’s time to do one of the hardest things we can do as believers: trust God while we’re scared. You don’t know what’s next, but He does. You don’t know how things will work out, but He does. You don’t know you you are going to survive the season you’re in right now, but He does.

He knows. He knows what happened, and He knows what’s next. He knows where this blog will take me, and just like He knew what would happen in my life before I began it. He also knows what the next season of my life holds, and the good things He has in store for me there.

Do you trust God with the things you are scared of? Do you trust Him to be Lord over every moment of your life?

“I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed. This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.”
(Psalm 34:4-6)

Trusting God can be one of the hardest things we do- but it’s worth it every time.