Recklessness

Reckless: adj. 

1. utterly unconcerned about about the consequences of some action; without caution; careless. 

You know the word, and it's not usually used as a positive adjective. 

If you're said to be reckless, it more often than not means that you've done something stupid and didn't think about how it would affect other things in the future. 

But I've got a different spin on recklessness. 

And it's a good one. 

Last night, I learned of a new type of recklessness. A kind that still requires you to take risks not really knowing what the outcome will be, but instead of doing something stupid (like blogging instead of doing your homework), you're doing something that will (hopefully) result in something grand, and ultimately your glorification of God. 

Each and every one of us is blessed with a talent. Multiple talents, if we're lucky. 

Our whole lives we've been told to use those talents to do good things. To help people, to have fun, etc. 

That is no more true then than it is now. 

So you'd think it would be easy to use those talents, or those things we've been blessed with as freely as we breathe. But that's not the case. 

We're scared. 

We're afraid. 

We're cautious. 

Lucy, from the great C.S. Lewis's tale The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, asks of Aslan (who is portrayed as the God figure in the story, "Is He quite safe?" 

The response she gets is clear. 

"No. He's not safe at all. But he's good." 

No one ever said God was a safe route to take. 

No one said putting yourself out there and taking chances would be natural. 

It was never indicated that it would be easy, or that it would always be enjoyable. 

But it is good. 

And because of that, we're asked to be reckless with our talents, with our time, and with our hearts. 

We are asked to give up the safety and security of whatever it is that we're holding on to, and use it for the glory of God! 

I know that I don't use my time wisely. 

I don't invest in certain relationships, even though it's been made very clear to me that that's what needs to be done. And I definitely don't always want to surrender everything I have when I know so little about the future and what it holds. 

We all have the tendency to hold back. 

To be cautious. 

We've been taught our whole lives to ensure our security in a multitude of different things. 

But it's time we changed that. 

Take the leap. 

Recklessly abandoned the old you. 

Recklessly embrace the new you. 

Love always, 

Suz