Stepping Out of the Boat!

My friend Mickey, who has a gift of praying and seeing prophetically for people, sent me this picture. When I first got it, I thought, I can’t relate to the book Song of Songs. Knowing Mickey has a gift to see beyond the surface of a person, I decided to read the book Song of Songs (Songs of Solomon). Guess what? I didn’t get a thing out of it. I prayed about it and gave it to the Lord. Later, Mickey told me this is the scripture her art classed picked that is teaching about the Hebrew months. It is interesting how God uses many different sources to guide you through life and get you to change.

Now I realize, I may have shut down emotionally on being the someone in someone’s life. Many people laugh about the Hallmark movies, but it hits a cord desire of being special to someone. Everyone needs to be at the head of the table sometimes. This applies to belonging to a family or group and not just intimate relationship. We all want to belong and have a home.

To be the apple of someone’s eye means to be in a special place that no one else can fill. Most people shy away from being the apple of someone’s eye because it brings responsibility, accountability and depending on others. This is a scary place to be when you have been betrayed by family, friends, marriage partners or those in authority. With a world full of manipulators filled with self-interest, it is hard to let the walls down. It is easier to text someone or like a Facebook article then to have a real relationship.

I guess you can compare it to how great we feel when we eat sugar. After the sugar high, we crash and have to go back to get our sugar fix which creates a cycle of addition. Much of social media is build on this desire to belong and have a voice. Many of the social skills we have learned are to avoid conflicts or to be politically correct. This has caused us to be disconnected, unfulfilled, and unable to communicate with those we have relationships with. We need to come out of the caves of isolation and become part of the real world.

I have decided to step out of the boat and walk on the water of ¹emotional vulnerability. I am not sure how to walk this, but I want the abundant life that Jesus has provided. He made it through betray, religious boxes, weak political leaders and family members who thought he lost it. I don’t have to know how to do it. I just have to be willing to step out of the boat of isolation and grab Jesus’s hand.

Will you take a step with me out of the boat?

Father God,

May we all step out of the boat of fear, hurt, pain and isolation. In You, we have a special place. Heal us of ¹betrayal of disengagement which is causing us to not be valued and steals our voice. Jesus left the ninety-nine for the one and I am one. Please make this a reality in our lives. Remove the walls of isolation and surround us with you love and protection. Jesus, grab our hands and cause us to walk on the water with You so we can fulfill our destinies and have a full abundant life. Holy Spirit empower us to have the strength to step out of the boat.

I ask for right relationship, divine connections and healing. Show us our table where we belong and can share our life without fear. I am grabbing Your hand, Jesus. Let our supernatural lives in You be released!

Your Special Kids – Amen!

Scripture References: Psalms 17:8; Song of Solomon 2:3; Zechariah 2:8; Mathew 14:22-33; 18:12-13; John 10:10; Mark 3:20-22

¹ Brεnέ Brown, Ph.D., LMSW. Daring Greatly, Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House and previously published by Gotham Books © 2012