What if?

Wow, this weekend was so busy but so fun! Hope you had a great time with friends and family like we did. I just got Nichole Nordeman's new CD, "Brave" in the mail Saturday morning and had the best time listening to it this weekend. I love her songs - they are the songs I want to write but just haven't found that place yet. I wanted to post today about one of the songs. It is a song she says she wrote "for a friend who thinks this Jesus stuff is nuts." I am going to give you the words to this song:

What if you're right? And he was just another nice guy, what if you're right?
What if it's true? They say the cross will only make a fool of you, and what if it's true?
What if he takes his place in history with all the prophets and the kings
who taught us love and came in peace, but then the story ends. What then?

But what if you're wrong? What if there's more?
What if there's hope you never dreamed of hoping for?
What if you jump? And just close your eyes?
What if the arms that catch you, catch you by surprise?
What if He's more than enough? What if it's love?

What if you dig way down deeper than your simple-minded friends, what if you dig?
What if you find a thousand more unanswered questions down inside, that's all you find?
What if you pick apart the logic and begin to poke the holes?
What if the crown of thorns is no more than folklore that must be told and retold?

But what if you're wrong? What if there's more?
What if there's hope you never dreamed of hoping for?
What if you jump? And just close your eyes?
What if the arms that catch you, catch you by surprise?
What if He's more than enough? What if it's love?

You've been running as fast as you can. You've been looking for a place you can land for so long.
But what if you're wrong?

I can see so many people in this song. So many that we come in contact with everyday who struggle with the very existence of God let alone finding Him as Savior, Lover, Friend. But I also see me and the many times each day He asks me to believe Him, trust Him - to just jump, close my eyes, let His arms catch me by surprise. I have been the queen of "what if's" in the past. God is helping me out of that so much - but I used to have to examine every side to every issue and argue and stew and fight and point out all the points. I'm learning to let go and just trust Him. He sees sides I never get a glimpse of. Who better than Him to lead me, to guide me?

Each time He asks us to do something or step into new territory or climb to a new level in Him it's a chance. What if it's wrong? What if it's right? That's where we come back to the fact that Scripture says His sheep know His voice and the voice of another they do not follow. The more we step out and take the chance to believe and to trust, the more familiar we become with His voice. If we go the wrong direction or get off track, He is the Good Shepherd there with His rod and staff to help us get back on the right track again. He is loving and patient.

So as this first month of blogging comes to a close, I extend the same invitation that I did at the first - let's just jump, close our eyes, and let Him catch us! It's been a great month - looking forward to spending June with you!