Faith

God gives us - or me, anyway - ways in which to be faithful. Which is kind of amazing, when you think about it. God put a difficult decision in front of me, and I wanted to say, "no, I'm scared. I won't decide." But instead I was instructed to have faith, and so I took the leap. And already I can see God's love coming back at me.

I take no credit here. I mean, God told me what to do. He gave me the opportunity to learn how to put all my faith in Him. God doesn't love me more because I did the right thing. But He's still training me, and so He rewards me when I do that right thing. And in this case, the right thing was to trust that He would catch me if I fell. To trust that He is infinitely wiser than me, and had a plan for me even though I couldn't see it.

What's more, God loved me times infinity, forever. I can't even imagine that kind of unconditional love. He's been so patient, so generous, so forgiving, and He'll continue to do so. Forever. Wow. What an awesome, awesome God.