Made to Brave the Unknown (A Guest Post)

I never read a novel from front to back. I usually skim the ending first, and then, as I’m going along in the book, I often flip to later chapters so I can see how the situation I’m currently reading about is going to turn out.

This drives my loved ones crazy, but I just want to know what to expect. Good or bad, I like to know how things are going to turn out.

For me, it’s always been less about a need to control and more about a fear of the unknown. And it goes way back, this tendency.

When I was growing up, my older brothers called me “Worry Wart.” Years ago, when I asked my dad what I was like as a child, he simply said, “You were always very fearful.”

Thankfully, what once was doesn’t always indicate what is now—or what will be in the future. When God sets out to break a chain, He knows exactly which tools work best for each of His children.

In my life, His chain-breaking strategy has included one opportunity after another to trust Him when the way ahead looks murky, at best. I explained further in a guest post for Crystal Twaddell’s new “Made for Brave” blog series. To read more, please click here.

♥ Lois

P.S. I’m linking up this week with Purposeful Faith, #TellHisStory, Coffee for Your Heart, Chasing Community, Faith on Fire, Faith ‘n Friends and Grace & Truth.