"When is something scary really neat?"

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A father and son stood in a clearing just outside of a forest.

"Looks kind of scary, Dad," the son said. "I’m not so sure we should go in there."

"Yea," the father said, "It is rather dark in that forest."

"It sure is dark," the son said.

Then the father said, "But let’s go in anyway. It could be a neat place" and started walking into the forest.

"What do you mean ‘a neat place?’" the son asked.

"Well, let’s look and see," the father said.

They began exploring the forest floor for insects and animals, plants and rocks. They found trees like none they had seen before. They discovered berries that tasted delicious and flowers that smelled so aromatic their fragrance clung to your hand. "This is a neat place," the son said.

Today when you stand outside of a new, scary experience, remind yourself that God translates dark forests into neat places and then listen to life and make a life, not just a living.

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