Those gosh darn comfort zones...

This past weekend in Canada, as a team we were asked to speak about "what I have learned after stepping out of my comfort zone?" Jesse and I were the chosen two to talk to the congregation about this topic. We discussed briefly on Saturday night what we wanted to say, but decided that we weren't thinking clearly and needed to convene in the morning again. So at 6:30 a.m. we met over a cup of coffee in our cottage.

I had been consumed by this question for almost 24 hours and was up for half of the night trying to put into words what I have learned on this trip. Now mind you, I could only talk for 3 1/2 minutes on Sunday morning, so I had to speak concisely about what I have learned in almost a year’s time.

What I have learned, is that I am still learning. I have realized that I had gotten to a point in my faith where I thought that once I stepped out of my comfort zone, I was free sailing for a little bit. I didn’t have to step out again for a long time.

FALSE! Actually, the call from Christ is the complete opposite. I took a look back at the disciples and found that once they left the first comfort zone of family, job and “normal” life, Jesus continued to ask them to move out of comfort zone after comfort zone into a lifestyle of following Him.

The call is the same to us. We are continually urged by the Holy Spirit to move out of a life of the comfortable into a crazy life of somewhat uneasiness and definite adventure.

Latreia had a “team meeting” last Saturday, and we decided that we are ready to jump into the next zone. God has been laughing at us this week, kinda like He is saying “I thought you would never do this again” Incredible things happen when you trust God enough to say, I am ready to except the unknown again!

Laura