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Two Trios

         Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. (Psalm 42:5)


Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done. (Matthew 21:21)

If you read between the lines of some of my recent posts, you may get the idea that I’m a little anxious, worried…the real problem is the sense of being out of control. It’s not that I’m freaking out, it’s the fact that I do not have control over everything. There are some questions coming to mind that aren’t really issues, but I’m making mountains out of molehills. When I do that, it tends to be Olympus Mons (two and a half times as tall as Mount Everest from sea level.) It’s not just a mountain, it’s a mountain.

Of course, the main problem with mountains is that when you attempt to climb them, it’s easy to fail. Have you ever tried to climb a molehill? It’s hard because it’s easy. You can’t climb it because you can step over it. But what makes my molehills especially difficult to climb – or step over – is the fact that they are (you guessed it) too far in the future. I haven’t even reached them yet, and I’m hunting for climbing gear.

The mountains even have names: Future, Failure, and Fear.

The answers, the Sherpas that seem to be my guides are Faith, Focus, and Fun. And it’s time to go dance with the latter trio.

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