The Edge

One of my favourite saying is that "I'm not afraid of heights, just the edge". Another favourite is "live on the edge, but don't fall off". I think I'm going to have to rethink my philosophy of "living on the edge". I suppose that your "edge" depends on where you draw your line. It also depends on your thrill threshold.

I've started another adventure and it has been so exciting! It all starts with a leap of faith. But the first step of the leap is AWAY from the edge. If you decide to live on the edge, you'll never take the leap.

I realized that taking the leap requires a certain amount of positioning to get you to the point of take off. This is also the time you spend the most time trusting, deliberating, debating or talking yourself out of taking the leap. There is an inherent danger in leaping foolishly with reckless abandon. There is always the possibility that you will plummet to a certain death. When you take a leap of faith, you will either have a thrilling free fall or you will soar. When you take a leap of faith, to follow a calling that God gives you, He will give you the equipment you need to guide you safely through, but often He provides it after you take off.

That reminds me of the safety gear we wore when we went ziplining in New Brunswick this summer. None of us would have dreamed of stepping off the first platform without a harness. 3/4's of the way through the course we barely noticed that it was even there because it became second nature. Clip on, clip off, clip the other on, clip the other one off. But God doesn't always work that way.


When you live as someone called by God, and He calls you to do something, you can just go....knowing that your flight plan has already been filed and that He goes before you. The view and the journey are both incredible. Along the way, lives intersect with yours as you cross paths, journey together, and build relationships and community.

It's not about where your draw your line, it's about whether you're willing to cross it to follow your Calling.

On the TurnTable Today

Disc One - Leigh Nash - "Blue on Blue" favourite track: Ocean Size Love
Disc Two - Yo Yo Ma - "Soul of the Tango, the music of Astor Piazzolla" - Favourite track: the allegro of the Tango Suite.
Disc Four - By The Tree -"Three Days" the whole CD is soso...don't know why it's in there???

For some reason disc three and five were empty... I took the 33 Miles CD (One Life to Love) out to play in the car, needed some music to play real loud that I knew all the words to:)(Favourite track:Something Different. I also had a Selah CD, that I took to work, it has all hymns with different arrangements and awesome harmonies (favourite track: His Eye is on the Sparrow).

I heard a really good Pocket Full of Rocks song on the radio the other day, "Alive", I think it's called. I think I must go and ferret out that CD from among my friends!

Mostly though, Craig's USB stick is in play when I turn the stereo on, an assortment of Sean Kingston, Kanye West, Nickelback, Akon, Beyonce, Hedley, Kings of Leon....ecclectic....sounds like a dance party....and it's to the point where I'm so familiar with it that I can sing along when I step into clothing stores at the mall. Hmmm...speaking of Craig (and Joe), we're off to Saturday night hockey.

Peace ....

Romans 12:18 says: "If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone." vs 16 "Live in harmony with one another."

All of Romans 12 has been figuring largely in my life this season. It seems to pop up all over the place, in a sermon, as devotions before a meeting, and in devotions at home. Occasionally that happens...this pattern....and I always interpret that as God's way of showing me something I need to hear, something to pay attention to. It's so cool when that happens, and often very convicting.

Living at peace with others, as much as it depends on you.... This is something to strive for, and would lead to a Utopian society if we all carried it out successfully. I have trouble reconciling with the reality where one person works so hard at peace and the next person wreaks havoc just getting out of bed in the morning. How can a person strive to live at peace with one individual but decide not to live at peace with a different individual? To me that's not living at peace with everyone. I don't get that! I can't stand it when I don't understand things!! But I have learned that when there are things I don't understand, I have to surrender them to God.

What about the peace in your heart? Living at peace with others doesn't always create peace within. For myself, the peace of my heart depends fully on focusing the eyes of my heart on God. When my path follows God's will it is amazing how quietly and simply the peace follows. A lesson so often learned the hard way, when all along it is the easier way. Some people are hard to love, and it takes a lot out of you, but when you love them because God calls you to love them(never mind liking them!) you ultimately have peace, in you and around you.

So much talk of peace, so many individual opinions of how to get "there"...when really all it boils down to is two simple things: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. .... and Love your neighbour as yourself. Matthew 22:37 & 39


Peace out....