A month or so ago on a Saturday, Cathy and I babysat her and her brother Gavin at their house and Fallon wanted to “go on adventures”; and so Fallon and I did. We set out down the long driveway until we came to the spot where adventures start.
As we walked the narrow paths through the trees, we discovered things
like an old barrel, a small tractor, an old shed, a pile of junk, and a box full
of skateboards. We also followed a small bunny and birds that went from tree to
tree.
We looked, pointed, smelled, touched, and named everything that crossed
our paths as we took our adventure; well most things, I had also discovered the
carcass of a deer but neglected to point it out to her.
We spent about one hour on
our walk until she eventually asked me to hold her. I picked her up into my
arms; she put her head of my shoulder as she held me tightly, and quickly went
to sleep. A fitting end to our adventure which turned out to be a great way to
spend a Saturday afternoon
Do you like adventures? They
can be fun if your mind is set on seeking and discovering new things.
ad·ven·ture
means: An exciting
or very unusual experience. Participation in exciting undertakings or
enterprises. A bold, usually risky undertaking; hazardous action of uncertain
outcome. A commercial or financial
speculation of any kind; venture. Obsolete,
peril; danger; risk, chance; fortune; luck to risk or hazard. It means to
take the chance of; dare.
How about you; do you like to
take risks? They sound good on paper, but when you push off and leave the shore
the real fun begins. Adventures don’t always have guarantees or scripts.
What happens when it takes
awhile to get “there”; when the dream isn’t fulfilled right away? Do you press
on or do you give up?
God
told a man named Abram to set out on an adventure, to a place he had not been
to, to discover his destiny. Today, we know this man by the new name that God
eventually gave him; “Abraham”. Genesis chapter 12 records:
“Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get
out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that
I will show you. I will make you a great nation;
I will bless you and make your name
great; and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, And I will
curse him who curses you; And in you all the families
of the earth shall be blessed.” (Genesis 12:1-3)
And do you know what; he did
it! He stepped out and did on the grand adventure God set before him. The book
of Hebrews tells us:
“By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place
which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he
was going. By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign
country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same
promise; for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and
maker is God.” (Hebrews 11: 8-10)
This new year ahead of us can
give us ample opportunities to go on adventures; to discover new people, and friends,
and places. Let God take you where He wants you to go. He is always thinking
from a heart that loves. Let’s set our child-like heart to step out, shove off
to face whatever new adventures come our way knowing that His plans are for
good; oh how He loves us so!
"Scripture
taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
Used by permission. All rights reserved."
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