Shannon talks about stepping out of our comfort zone in this week’s {inspirational entry}. In the movie, The Devil Wears Prada, Andy steps in way over her head and she was way out of her league. But by the end of the movie, that so called comfort zone was blown away and Andy used a challenging situation to further her dream of working in journalism. Check out the video below…
~ We would love to know how you have overcome times when you have felt as if you were out of your league.
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I went on an amazing missions trip to South Africa this summer. Everyone always said it would be life changing, and it totally was. The leaders told us to prepare for the unexpected, but I never completely understood what they meant. They said we would have to just “go with the flow”, which is not something I am very good at. I like things to run smoothly and go perfectly… OCD much? Yeah, little bit. During the week we were there, we had a late night showing of a movie. About 10 minutes before I was going to be in a skit, the skit director asked me if I would do my testimony afterward. Another thing about me is that I can’t say no to people. So I of course said yes. I can’t even remember what I said that night, but I have faith in God that I got through to the people. I just got back a week ago, and I’ve had to speak to my churches youth group about the trip since then. I had no idea what I was going to say until I got up there… and I still have no idea what I said, but you could have heard a pin drop… and i know that’s a (G)(o)o(d) thing. ;o)
This past January I left my home in the US to go spend 5 months in Mexico. I went to intern as a missionary. I had been away from home for 2-3 weeks at a time when I went on mission trips in the past, but never had I been away from home for 5 months. I felt that that was what God wanted me to do and I figured five months isn’t that long. I’m 22 yrs old I can do this. So I went…I cried the first night I was there. I was in a foreign country by myself, I didn’t know a single person there, and I would now be living in a home with a family I had just met that afternoon. That was the hardest thing I had ever done! I didn’t realize until then how much my family meant to me, and how I took everything in the States for granted. It was not an easy trip, but I wouldn’t change it for the world. Out of it I learned how to rely completely on God, how to make friends outside my comfort zone, and how to live on my own.
Jessica,
It is tough being pushed out of our comfort zone while we are in the midst of it. But, isn’t it neat to see what we learned coming out of it?! Thanks for sharing.
love,
sarah
Brianna,
My heart was beating just reading your comment so I can only imagine how you felt when asked to give your testimony on the fly! I know that your obedience to God when He asked you to share blessed those in the audience. Go girl!
love,
sarah