Dive

Dive

I linger at the edge

Heart pounding,

Ears ringing,

Stomach flopping.

Below I see

Swirls of water,

Strokes of brown and green.

Nothing that looks familiar.

I should turn back.

I should quit now.

The odds are stacked against me.

What I’m about to attempt

Is impossible.

And yet…I can’t ignore the voice inside,

The voice that whisper-shouts:

ONWARD.

So I set my jaw,

Grit my teeth,

Suck in courage,

And dive.

And the rest is history,

Because history is made by people

Who take blind leaps of faith.

Story behind the poem: I wrote this poem in a moment of intense anxiety, just as I was about to step into something that felt terrifying to me. Once I decided to fully lean into the strength of Jesus and take that leap, however, a strange calm came over me. I don't know about you, but I've found that I often feel most alive and closest to the Lord when I'm on the brink of something new and frightening. I pray that this poem would inspire you to throw caution to the wind and take great "dives" of faith in your own life, not staying where it's comfortable, but jumping headfirst into the incredible destiny He has in store for you.