1, 2, 3 JUMP!!

It has been a little more then 5 years since my husband and I took our "leap." It has been very similar to what I imagine (because I have never done it) it would be like to bungee jump.

First, you make the tough decision to make the jump. Then you prepare by climbing and then getting all your strapping and such ready. Once you are all strapped in and ready to go you ease over to the edge, take a deep breath and leap. Woo Hoooooo! You are flying high now! Oh.... now we are falling. Man, that ground is approaching FAST! Wow. I'm slowing down. Maybe I won't plow face first into the ground! Sweet! We are climbing again... I'm on top of the world again. Uh... I'm falling again... Will this up and down ever end?

You know... the up and down thing doesn't really end. It becomes more gentle as life goes on, but make no mistake. After you take the leap, it isn't going to only be high flying from that point on. If you look at the picture I have included you see that at the point this photo was taken... this guy was just kind of hanging there. He made the leap and he is probably pretty confident still... Once the fall starts and that ground is coming at him fast and hard, I bet the fear starts to creep in. His saving grace??? The bungee cord. When you make the leap and the fall starts... What is your saving grace? Is God your life bungee cord?

If He is, you can make the leap and be totally confident when the fall comes that you have the life saving hand of God holding you during the entire fall. God has been there the whole time of our ups and downs. It hasn't been easy... in fact this was the hardest thing we have ever done. Have I ever regretted the leap? No. Not once. Even in the lowest points, we are in a much better place for our family then we were ever in before. I know my up and down moments aren't over, but I'm not scared, concerned, worried, stressed or anything else. Why? Because of God. I know He is there and that is all I need.