Eternity peered over the edge of the wooden tower that held the zip line. She gulped nervously when she saw how far up they were. She looked toward her cabin leader and her cabin mate who sat to her left. They both sat, like she did, holding onto their harnesses and peering over the edge. I'm so scared right now, she thought, her feet dangling over the edge. She had to hold them still because she felt nauseous knowing there was nothing below them. "So what you need to do to take off is simply lean forward," the lady who worked at the zip line told them. "Go when ever you're ready." Lean forward? is she crazy? Eternity stared at the ground. If I lean forward I'm going to fall off! "We can do this," Debbie, her cabin leader, said. "We'll all go at once on three." Eternity looked to her leader. Gina, her cabin mate started the count. "One," she breathed nervously.

"Two," Debbie continued, trying to hide her nervousness.

"Three," Eternity squeaked. She squeezed her eyes closed, leaning forward and falling off the platform. For a split second she thought she was going to die, but when her harness jerked on the line, holding her up, she managed to open her eyes. The wind rushed past her face as she flew, the scenery zipping so quickly it was nothing, but a green blur. Eternity still held on to the harness tightly, but smiled as she zipped along the line. The sound of the metal grip sliding along the line was deafening and drowned out all other sounds, but it was worth it. Eternity relaxed, letting go of her harness and shouted with the adrenaline rush. She felt so free and so alive. She wanted the beautiful moment to last forever. Her ride came to a stop and one of the camp workers helped her down and she descended down a tall ladder that reached up to her. When she reached the ground, she was so exhilarated that she wanted to go again. Why was I so afraid? She wondered. I wouldn't have died with the line holding me up!

Moral: Have you ever been so afraid that you lost sight of God and His promises? Have you ever exaggerated the danger of something, totally forgetting that you had a safety net to catch you if you fell? I'm sure we all have at some point in our lives. I remember the first time I went zip lining, I felt exactly like Eternity did. I was terrified, but thinking back on it, I don't know why. Sure, the heights are scary, but you're attached to the line at all times. If you fell, the line would catch you. It's true that something could go wrong, but should you fall, you have no reason to fear dying. This is what life is like. We have no reason to fear because God is always there to catch us when we fall, and we have no reason to fear death either because our Savior conquered death! We don't have any reason to fear anything in life, but we are human and it does happen. Just remember that God is always by your side!