A leap of faith

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Do you remember the scene in the movie, “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” in which Indy had to locate and retrieve the Holy Grail in order to heal his father? At one point, our hero was running through a tunnel, and he came to a sudden halt as his path opened out onto the side of a mountain, with nowhere to go but down. Indy was obviously torn, as he saw no way to get across to the next peak, yet he knew he had to move forward, or his dad would die.

He was at that crossroad where we too often find ourselves, where he needed to believe there was a way, and yet he could not see it. He closed his eyes and took his leap of faith-a single step forward-and when he didn’t freefall into the chasm, his eyes popped open in absolute surprise. He stepped back, bent down, and examined the area where he had just stood. Throwing a handful of sand in that direction, he revealed the previously invisible bridge. (Ladies, knowing that most of us carry pocketbooks, we probably instead would have just reached in and scooped out a bunch of the debris from the bottom.)

Indiana discovered that, indeed, there was a way forward, now that he knew where to look and how to see. For sure, this portion of his journey was not comfortable, as the narrow, aerial ribbon allowed no room for error in the placement of Jones’ footsteps. Yet, this adventurer made his way safely to the other side, to continue his life-saving quest.

So often we get stuck in our lives, thinking there is no way out of a difficulty. Yet, when we change our point of view to the possibility that there might be, we can draw on our faith and step forward confidently onto the newly revealed path.

Do you need to move out of somewhere or something today? Take a moment to find a fresh perspective, and entertain the possibility that there is, indeed, a way out.