seatbelts

I had an epiphany! Yep, me, I had one. You betcha (good ole Minnesota slang...you gotta love it).

I was getting into the car, just like a do on a usual basis, and in the midst of the process after turning the car on, I put my seatbelt on and engaged the car in drive.

No big deal right??

Well, for me, this was. Unbenonced to most people, the process of getting into the car, starting it and then putting my seatbelt on, has been a process that has befuddled me for a bit of time. Over and over, I have struggled with that last step. For some reason, there is a blind spot in my life that does now allow me to make this step occur. Maybe it is my own bravado that has eliminated this step from occurring, because I would never get into an accident, but I can not recall how many times I have gotten a 1/2 hour into a drive and then realize, "Oh, my seatbelt, I should put that on."

I think the change has mostly come through Jessica, my wife. She has pestered, poked, encouraged and chastised me to the point where now, I get into the car and put the belt on.

We often take small moments like this for granted, and maybe in a marriage, or even in a good friendship, when we encourage someone (some guys would call this nagging, but I would never, ever say that :)), we realize that we do actually change and take steps.

This is a good thing.

Often, in our faith journey, we make everything so personal. We say that, "My faith is my faith" and we continue on believing what we believe without ever really growing. The depth and profoundness of God and faith in God is not something that is conqeurred. We don't get to a point and understand God fully. We all have areas to grow in and one way of doing that is just taking the step to be honest about what we believe.

So, if you are a former non-seatbelt wearer like me, put it on. If you are one longing to dive deeper into God, take a moment and open yourself up to another person about what faith in God could really look like. We might just grow a little bit!

Grace and Peace!
Micah