Yesterday Brayden and I stopped by my mom's house for a few, "Gamaw" as we call her :) (Yes, I know...that's totally teaching Brayden to not pronounce Grandma correctly but for some reason we started this long before he was born and it just stuck!)
Anyway, as Brayden is getting older he develops more and more of a sense of independence (as all kids do). He loves to do things himself...like climbing stairs. If we hold his hands, with all his might he will hoist his little legs up the stair which is super cute and comical to watch, by the way, but it's funny because in his mind he doesn't know he can't really do that if someone isn't helping him. So, coming down the stairs the same thing goes. He'll just take off and head like he's going back down those same stairs but little does he know if we don't help him, he will definitely get injured. But, he still heads directly to the stairs and whether he actually realizes it or not (which I'm sure he doesn't really know) he has great faith in the protection of his mom and dad. My mom made a profound statement (although at the time I don't think she knew it was profound ;) As he quickly took off to go back down the stairs with the "I can do this attitude" she ran after him and said, "it's funny how they have no fear, just faith someone will be there to help them."
Immediately my mind went to my spiritual life. Josh and I have faced some things lately that require great faith. I think in life we all have faced situations that require great faith. The definition of faith is, "COMPLETE trust or confidence is someone or something." Faith is easy until it has to be put into action. Right?! As Brayden goes running towards a staircase he has COMPLETE confidence that someone will be there to offer assistance so he doesn't fall down the stairs and kill himself! This small little example spoke volumes to me.
We "run to the staircases" in our lives sometimes with very little trust or confidence in the Lord. Sure, we talk a big talk about how the Lord will provide and take care of us NO MATTER WHAT and we trust Him with everything we have, but when it is time to really put that talk into practice, we tend to back down on our game a little. Why? Because we are believing and trusting in things that are unseen. I once heard a quote that went something like this, "Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase." Sometimes in life (a lot of times actually) we face things, situations, problems, trials, loss of a job, cut in pay at a job, or sickness that require us have major faith - that complete confidence in the Lord. What's funny is when we do that, the Lord is always right there to guide us up the steps so we don't injure ourselves.
We spend way too much time trying to fix the problem ourselves and climbing the staircases alone (like Brayden) that we end up hurting ourselves when the whole time we just need to have faith that the Lord will help us...because he will :)
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