Have you ever had a job that seems difficult to other people but you can do it in your sleep? For example, doing inventory on a computer. At first, the task seems impossible. You start off slow and customers and employees are mad at you because you keep messing up. Eventually, you get so good at your job you're teaching someone else to do it.
That's how I view rope climbs. Literally a few months ago I didn't even know how to get on the rope. I grabbed the rope with two hands and just hung there, stuck and not going anywhere. Finally, I was taught that I had to grip the rope with my feet kind of like pinching it. Yesterday, another gym member instructed me that in order to move up the rope, I had to pretend I was doing knees to chest, let my feet free and then grab the rope with my feet again. It's the whole gripping and letting go process I couldn't understand until yesterday. I was trying to hold on for dear life.
This morning I had a conversation with a friend about letting go of someone toxic in my life. I know it's for the best and I can finally move on yet looking back, we were both trying to hold on to any part of our relationship that kept us stuck. It's almost like that pincher grasp on the rope.
One of my favorite verses in the Bible is from Isaiah 43:18-19.
Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
It reminds me that it's okay to let go because that is the only way to advance. Most importantly, it's a reminder to trust God who is the ultimate instructor of my life. If He said it, then it's for my good (Romans 8:28).
I never thought that I would be able to climb a rope but look at me now! Better yet, there's things in my life I never thought would be possible, but I can perceive the new thing God is doing. Climbing just got a whole lot more easier.
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