You don’t really get the full view until you come to the edge.

Recently on a hike I walked to the edge, although it’s scarier there, the view is so much more beautiful. I was able to see things I wouldn’t have seen had I not walked to the edge.

It made me think how the same can be true in life. For example, I have been brought to the edge once again. Last week I went to the dentist for a regular check up and long story short, I was in Boston today for a scan. (Thank God all is well.)

These expected and unexpected scans have been a part of my life for almost four years now. I have not gone more than six months without a scan, and in many ways I am thankful to have thorough drs, access to scans and have the healthcare that is available to us. To be honest though, I am also growing a little weary of meeting the edge this frequently.

Yet as I saw on the hike and I see today, the edge, though scary, brings with it a closeness to God and a renewed perspective I wouldn’t receive any other way. When life floats back into normalcy I can lose the view of who and what matters most. The edge always brings those into clear view. What is nonessential falls away and what is most significant rises into clear view.

I share this with you today as a reminder that the edge, although scary, can also bring with it a renewed, beautiful view.

I invite you to join me to...

pause. breathe. pray.

If you are on the edge in some way, I pray that you draw close to God so He may help you see beyond the clouds of your circumstances and give you renewed perspective. And if you aren’t near the edge, yet are needing a shift in perspective, I offer for you to sit beside someone who is. Sometimes just sitting beside someone who is going through things helps us have a renewed view of life that we wouldn’t see unless we were sitting on the edge with them.

With love and hope,

Shawn

Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. - Colossians 3:2