FMF: Wide

Today's Five Minute Friday word is Wide. Let's go...


I saw the word earlier today and thoughts of Wide have swirled in my head. There are just so many avenues to write about. Which one to pick?
I'm still no nearer to an actual decision.....so let's see what happens if I just start typing. 
Have you ever seen a river in flood? How it swamps it's banks and the land around it is saturated? That's kind of like how I want to live life----so full of God's love that it swamps it's banks and floods my entire life, and consequently the lives around me.
Sadly, so often, I stay confined within the banks of.......of what? Fear is all an answer there can be. I am afraid. Afraid of being swept away by the flood. Afraid it will lead me where only more fear lies.
And yet, isn't God's love the exact opposite of fear?  Isn't the road traveled with God the only sure route? Could I ever live life and live it abundantly and over flowing without Him?
Sure----some of the fears are legitimate. Real. But I think I can trust my God enough to believe that in the end, it's all going to make sense.
So, what is there to lose? Just the banks of my life. Just fear. Just everything holding me back.


So, that's it for Wide. Seems a little abstract, but there you go.
Come with me and let's go see what the others have written for Wide on Five Minute Fridays.