Way to go! it's called, eternal commitment-- I like what you said here, very powerful testimony!
One that came to mind was like getting into a space-vessel of some kind-- strapping yourself in; the door can not be opened from the inside or the out-- total, permanent, eternal commitment unto life or death with Jesus; no turning back, like the song goes. Talked to a pastor yesterday who said that "once we die with Christ (symbolically/spiritually) by our faith commitment, as Christians, we can never die again...
Once you move the levers to the firewall, like in a modern plane, they can not be throttled back--
Full-speed, towards the Light of the sun...
these images help-- like throwing the rock...
It's the power of God that gets us there...a power greater than ourselves;
Even throwing a rock, which sounds like a personal ceremony of some kind?
The power of the earth--gravity--takes it earthward. But, the Lord demonstrated power over nature to the point where even the Israelites were drinking water that miraculously flowed from a spring-water rock, that was only a rock before it was given over to God.
Jesus declared Peter's faith to be a "rock" or maybe like "cliff?" fortress? or small mountain...
May your faith be like His--
My own has been needing much improvement help most of my life...