afraid but playing anyways

"Never let the fear of striking out, keep you from playing the game"

Peter the Passionate:
Peter is perhaps my favorite disciple
He was passionate, I identify with that
One minute, he is slicing an ear to protect his Savior
The next minute, he is saying he never knew Him
We all remember Peter as one who messed up big time
But he also made up for it big time
He played big, he made risky moves
He lived life on the edge

It's so reassuring to know someone who I feel is as passionate and bipolar as me, could really follow Christ. He really made a difference. I feel like one minute I'm hot and the next, I could be cold. I'm so motivated by fear. If I am too afraid of the outcome, I won't go through with it. If I find the whole thing altogether overwhelming, then I drop out. Fear cannot motivate me. We must play big, in order to win big. In order to gain anything, we must risk everything. We must live passionate lives that aren't motivated by fear.

All the things worth having require a risk.
All the lives worth living demand that we take risks.