getting your feet wet...

lately...i have been inundated with messages about vision and purpose and assignment and power...

it has been a common theme for me that keeps confirming that the greatest obstacle that stands in the way of my success is within my own mind...in the things that i believe about myself (i can do all things through him that strengthens me)...and the things that i think about myself (be transformed by the renewing of your mind) and the things that i say about myself (there is power of death and life in the tongue)...

and i am hearing and receiving and accepting all of these messages...i am taking the words that i hear to heart...because i am in need of a new reality...

and i am fervently seeking the one that can change my life in an instant...or...because some successes are not overnight...they are over time...then i am learning patience...the testing of my patience is making my faith strong...because i have to be patient enough to believe in a thing...even when i can't see it...

but what something happened that gave me a clearer understanding of one of the things that lies between me and my success...

you see i have been praying for strength...and while that is all fine and good...i have come to realize that i also need to pray for courage...because not only do i need patience enough to believe or strength enough to believe...

i need courage enough believe and the courage to take action...the courage to do my part...the courage to make the request...the courage to ask the question...the courage to ask the favor...the courage to look the possibility of rejection or denial or even failure in the face and move forward anyway...

you see...in order for me to fully walk into the miracles and blessings that i am destined for...i have to take the first step...

just like the children of israel as they stood before the red sea...the expanse of the water stretching out before them...pharoah's army quickly closing in behind them...

what to do?...what to do?...

you see god had a miracle for them...but first they had to have enough faith and enough strength and enough good courage...to step into the water...

so...that is my prayer you for all today...that you find courage to get your feet wet...