Nervous…but Good

Growing pains are essential. We should never settle for what we know and assume there is nothing more to learn. As we get older we tend to stay away from new tricks, but sometimes you have to branch out.

That’s the nervousness inside me. It’s like being a kid again and getting ready for the first day of school. I was never excited about that first day. I was the one already counting down to Christmas break three months away.

But I know we cannot rest in our laurels or accolades of glories past.

Old glories fade. I’m not one to live in the past.

It’s time to live in the now.

This week I am releasing my newest book. By Friday people will be downloading it or receiving the paperback in the mail.

On one side I am excited about sharing this book that has been inside me for years. On the other I am nervous because I’ve had this book I love inside me for years and I’m not sure how it will be received.

I have learned over the last three years that everyone isn’t going to like everything I write. I’ve gotten bad reviews. But those bad reviews are not going to stop me because I’ve received many other favorable reviews from readers across the globe.

It’s all about perspective in life. I can sulk about someone dissecting my books and pointing out the flaws. Or I can listen, digest and learn from it.

Life is about learning. Life is about putting what we have learned into practice and application too.

If you are not living out what you have learned, what was the use of learning it? Just so you can say you learned it?

No, life is about living and growing.

If you are not growing, it’s time to do something different. It’s time to take a chance. It’s time to get a little nervous and step out into a new trail.

May we all step out into something new this week. Sometimes God calls us to follow Him in places we would have never dreamed, but if we follow, we know He is always with us.

It’s when we don’t follow when we notice Him missing. But He doesn’t leave us…we leave Him.

So where is God calling you to follow?

If you listen, He may be calling you now.

Peace

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