Over
the Holidays I was invited to go rock
climbing with my brother and dad. I had been
before, and had enjoyed it. This time, was going to be a little bit
different, we were bouldering.
We did not have someone to belay us, it was all about the climb.
At first, I was a little intimidated.
I knew that the fall would be broken by soft padding, but I still
felt the fear creeping
in. As I watched my dad and brother climb
the walls like SPIDERMAN,
I decided to go for it. I started to climb
on the easier wall, I realized that without a rope you had to be more
careful. There were times that I missed a step and fell, but my fall
was ALWAYS broken either by the padding or my brother, who was
coaching me.
That
night while laying in bed, contemplating how sore
I was going to be the next day, I thought of
starting school again. I could feel the fear
I had experienced while rock climbing, start to overcome me again. I
knew I was going to be taking REALLY
hard classes and working a lot. That is when I had a scripture POP
into my head, Joshua 1:9, “Be
of good courage!” That is when relief came over
me. No matter how hard my classes get, and how stressed I feel, I
know HE IS WITH ME
through my climb.
©LV2012
I THOROUGHLY LOVED IT!
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