As I walk beside my friends on this path of life, I see more and more of them choosing to make leaps of faith, whether because circumstances impel them or for some other reason. From the outside it is easier to see their choices as leaps of faith. They may still be too caught up in the dreads and anxieties of being forced to choose between goods—or of worrying what might come to pass from their decisions—to see clearly the hand of Providence.
Yet as I see the pattern of Providence spread across these varied lives and places, I find my heart quicken within me. It encourages me—excites me—to see the working of God in them.
It gives me courage for my own leap of faith as I prepare to launch myself into a new ministry. However, it also sheds light even upon the little things, reminding me of His working even in my own daily grind.
Certainly it is easier to think of Providence and leaps of faith in reference to some great act or some weighty decision, but even in the lesser things it is possible to leap boldly with faith into the darkness of uncertainty. For in that darkness we find the One who holds us in His hand. The deeper we go, the more we discover of the loving gaze in which we may rest.
So let us put out into the deep and there find the great catch of fish awaiting us. Duc in altum!
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