It's safe to say things are getting a little crazy around here. The store buildout is SLOWLY (but surely) coming to an end, inventory is arriving daily, lots of little (but oh so important) details are being hammered out, AND our best friends/business partners (the Jones) are moving this week. No big deal... With a long list of to-dos, it is easy to get caught up in the minutia of launching and miss the big picture. Although owning a retail store has been a long-held dream of mine, the actual reality of Cape House hasn't been around long; it went from dream to 5-year plan, concept to conversation, and decision to reality almost overnight! After prayerfully moving full steam ahead, I really never stopped to think about the "what ifs". Last week, as we sorted through boxes (that are literally stacked to the ceiling in my garage), an overwhelming sense of reality hit me. Holy moly - what if we fail? What if no one loves this product as much as we do? What if it doesn't work? What will people think? What would that even look like? How would it affect our friendship and marriages? I shook off the feeling and kept to my to do list, focusing instead on the check mark at the end of each task (and I live for checkmarks)! A couple of nights later, while the Jones were preparing their new (old family) home to move in this week and Wes was once again bound to the store with endless amounts of trim work, I took Hannah Grace and Addi Grace to see Cars 3 (because sometimes you just need popcorn). I wrangled them through the parking lot in the rain, bought tickets, popcorn & drinks, and found our seats with blankets and toy dinosaurs in hand, ready for two hours of mindless entertainment - think again! A few minutes into the movie, to motivate the infamous Lightning McQueen to continue chasing his dream, his trainer, Cruz Ramirez, says "Don't fear failure. Be afraid of not having the chance, you have the chance!" I grabbed my phone to record this truth and spent the remaining 1 hour 45 minutes reflecting on this season. As I look back over the past 6 months, I realized that my lack of attention to the possibility of failure is in fact, faith - a confidence that God will complete what He has started, and He will get the glory one way or another! I am so thankful we did not let the fear of failure get in the way of taking the chance! Yes, it can be scary. Yes, it is a big leap of faith and a big risk, but I would rather my "what if" be "What if we fail now?" than look back in 20 years and ask, "What if we would have tried?" Is there something that you are waiting to do but have been afraid of failure? Get out there, and take the chance! “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭11:1‬ ‭NIV