Have Wings, Will Fly

Let it not be said that we settle for long in sameness. Oh we get comfortable for a time, but then the restlessness sets in, its not a dissatisfaction with life necessarily, but more of a desire to try something new, or improve upon a method. Acutally, as I think back, its been in the times of greatest upheaval that our faith has grown the most. Its easy to just float along, never rocking the boat of life, weathering out the little storms. Problem is though, that by living that way, one tends to depend more on themselves than on God. Oh sure, He has given us resources to do many things, make changes, and be adventuresome and I think its a good thing to take advantage of those things. I have a friend who for years complained of his living situation, but never would do anything about....he kept saying he didn't have any direction from God to move....yet his life was parrallized and in many ways plain old stagnant because he would not take some initiative and move forward. Finally after many years he did, and I believe he is much happier and able to do more with his resources than ever before. But when you get to my age, ( not that its that old) you either get careless and make ill informed choices, or you get very very cautious and afraid to venture out of that old comfort zone. The familiar is safe....its what you know.....its even dependable in many ways. I think God calls us to be more that status quo, excersize our faith, take a risk. This is scarry and thrilling at the same time......I think we are on the edge of jumping off again... actually, the girls are great examples to me, as they have both been "jumping off" for awhile now....did I teach them that? Its been awhile since I've had air under my feet.....perhaps its time to fly again. I hear there are eagles in Fl. Maybe they'd like some company. Isaiah 40:31