Be Strong and Courageous in Marriage

We were a thousand feet above solid ground, and the people around me wanted to basically clip me to a clothesline, give me a push, and tell me to enjoy the ride. Oh yeah, and “Don’t forget to look down!”, they said. The problem was not that I was afraid of heights. It was that I was afraid of falling from heights. And this experience of ziplining in the rainforest of Costa Rica was terrifying.

My husband and I were celebrating our 25th anniversary on this trip, and I had, out of my love for him, agreed to give ziplining a try. I put on my brave face, did everything the guides told me to do, and zipped down the first “practice” line. And when I got to the other side, I couldn’t stop the tears from flowing. I was trembling with fear. And I would have to do it 11 more times before we were back at the bottom of the mountain… [Click here to read the full article on Family Christian.]