Leap of Faith {Heart to Hearts}

I’ve never been afraid of heights. As a matter of fact, I have always enjoyed thrill and adventure.  Rollercoasters, whitewater rafting, you name it. If it is fast and furious I'm there. But skydiving? That’s a whole other story.

My adventurous side was tested as a friend and I headed to Rockmart, GA to Skydive The Farm. We couldn’t believe it. We were seriously doing this! At one point, we were literally ‘signing our life away’.

Though the instructional video gave me nerves and the plane ride up was frightening, the most terrifying part was looking over the edge, trusting the guy that ‘had my back’, and letting go.

One of my favorite musicians, Dave Matthews, sums this feeling up in his song You Might Die Trying.

'To change the world,

Start with one step.

However small,

The first step is hardest of all.'

Isn’t it true.. that jumping is the hardest part? For me it is, in life and surely in skydiving. But the second my shaky feet left the comfort of that solid floor and I was flying 15,000 feet above ground I had a freedom I had never known.

In the past few weeks I have felt pushed to start moving. Stop talking and start walking. I’ve made a lot of changes and took a big leap of faith in those changes. Things have not had time to completely unfold but what I’ve seen is so-far-so-good. They were not irrational decisions. I planned, prayed, trusted, confided, prepared, prayed some more and after all of that TOOK THE LEAP. 


And let me tell you…it feels good to fly.