Taking a Risk

Daily writing prompt

Describe a risk you took that you do not regret.

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In contemplating the answer to this question, I am filled with gratitude for all the risks I have taken in this life and how good my life has been because of them.

I got a job at 15, learned to drive, moved across the country twice, became a mother, went to college, started a career and helped run my husband’s business. That is the outline of risks. But there were also the risks that made me the person I have become.

After living my life my way for over a decade, at 29 years of age I decided to see if God would have me back. I took a risk and prayed that if He could still love me and forgive me after all these years and all I had done, then would he please give me a sign. At the BMV that same day, standing in the second line of the day with my bored but very good 2-year old son, a man behind me in line started talking to me about what he was reading in the Bible that day. It turned out he was a preacher and we spoke about spiritual things. He invited us to church. I told him that he was my sign from God. So, I began to attend church again, began to pray again and read my Bible. I began to believe that God still loved me. My husband wasn’t interested in church, but I kept going anyway, and I brought my children up in the church. It meant everything to me that my children would be educated in the Bible. I knew they would make their own choice as to whether or not they would follow God, but I wanted them to have all the information they needed to make that choice. I found a hunger that I could not feed all those years away from God being nourished with the words in my Bible. I felt a connection to God and fellow believers, a love that permeated my life. This may not sound like a risk to everyone, but praying that prayer and asking God for a sign seemed like a big risk. He could have ignored me, rejected me like I rejected Him. I’m so grateful He didn’t.

Life is a series of risks we take, little and big. Life is so short that its important you take risks sometimes or you may never meet the love of your life, get a job you enjoy, meet a new friend or learn a new skill. I trust that you are enjoying your life and facing each risk with hope and a prayer.