Have you ever struggled with the fear of making a mistake.

Have you ever struggled with the fear of making a mistake that it literally paralyzed you from moving forward with anything?

As I am filtering through some transitions in my own life, I am smacked in the face with that realization. “I am so afraid of making a mistake that I am growing stagnant and not doing anything” (God forbid)

If I expect to walk through life making no mistakes, isn’t that a form of pride? I mean, isn’t it about the journey more than the destination? It takes courage to make mistakes; it takes being vulnerable; it takes being able to say, “I don’t know, but I know God does.”; it takes trust and blind faith. Maybe therein lies the problem~~

I don’t want to be vulnerable to my lack of courage.
I don’t want to be vulnerable to my lack of faith.
I don’t want to be vulnerable to my lack of trust.
I just don’t want to be vulnerable at all, because being vulnerable says….I can’t do it on my own.

Oh boy! I don’t know, but I have made a choice to do it fearful and trust that not “if” but when I make a mistake, God’s grace is enough to carry me to the next victory or mistake.

Thoughts from a recovering perfectionist to appreciator of grace. :)