I'm no longer at the first cliff where the ground fell out from beneath me. But I'm also not all the way across to solid ground where everyone exhales, exhausted but relieved. No, I'm in the middle, which honestly might be the scariest of all places. Moving ahead and turning back are both equally terrifying.

The enemy wants us paralyzed and compromised by the whispers and doubts and what-ifs and opinions and accusations and misunderstandings and all the other hissing handcuffs crafted by fear.

We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.

Adventure, with all its requisite danger and wildness, is a deeply spiritual longing written into the soul of man.

if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who have never known neither victory nor defeat.

You're going to be okay. You're going to find your way. You are not alone.

Most men spend the energy of their lives trying to eliminate risk, or squeezing it down to a more manageable size.

There is a life you can love, but it takes courage, perseverance, and a little cunning to get there. It takes a warrior.

Life will provide a thousand sessions for raising the warrior God calls you to be. Turn your radar on during the day, and intentionally don't take the path of least resistance.

That's the key word—engage. Choose to engage and your weary warrior wakes up.

Yet this is the world God has made—a world that requires us to live with risk. Because God wants us to live by faith.

Dear friend, this fear is a mighty powerful force.