I have very little to fear in comparison to women in most places of the world. I have very little real danger that lurks. I have very few enemies, but, I do feel like there are areas of my life where I need some triumph. I know that fear/ anxiety is growing in my heart when I start having crazy dreams and waking up with clenched fists. Last night, I dreamt about lunch in a junior high cafeteria. In my dream, I was trying to blow dry my hair and find a friend to sit by, but all my friends would not let me sit down. I was hungry, but embarrassed and ultimately felt rejected and alone, even though I was in a room full of people that I knew. I remember hearing not long ago that most people's greatest fear is loneliness. I wonder if that's true? How do we face the fears that come from within us not from an enemy we can see? How do we overcome our own minds? With truth. Truth... that leads to courage...that leads to triumph. The truth is that God gives me the strength I need today. God can give me the wisdom I need for EVERY circumstance. God will never leave me. He leads me today. He is my peace. He is my hope.
I will never know fear the way people did during apartheid in South Africa. I will never know the way the families of the 21 feel in the wake of such loss in Egypt. I will never know the fear the young girls in the brothels of Cambodia experience every night. My heart breaks when I look at the world and all there is to be afraid of. When I see the horrors and hear of sickness and war and hate, I become fearful for my children and what the future holds. But, the Lord has said FEAR NOT! And, He has promised to walk with me through anything that comes my way today. I want to have courage. I want to have peace. So, why does fear well up within me, and how do I triumph over it?
I have very little to fear in comparison to women in most places of the world. I have very little real danger that lurks. I have very few enemies, but, I do feel like there are areas of my life where I need some triumph. I know that fear/ anxiety is growing in my heart when I start having crazy dreams and waking up with clenched fists. Last night, I dreamt about lunch in a junior high cafeteria. In my dream, I was trying to blow dry my hair and find a friend to sit by, but all my friends would not let me sit down. I was hungry, but embarrassed and ultimately felt rejected and alone, even though I was in a room full of people that I knew. I remember hearing not long ago that most people's greatest fear is loneliness. I wonder if that's true? How do we face the fears that come from within us not from an enemy we can see? How do we overcome our own minds? With truth. Truth... that leads to courage...that leads to triumph. The truth is that God gives me the strength I need today. God can give me the wisdom I need for EVERY circumstance. God will never leave me. He leads me today. He is my peace. He is my hope.
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Millie
3/3/2015 05:35:58 am
This so encouraged me today. Tk u for being so opened and honest. This goes with all human needs...to be loved, accepted and secure. And as we know, the only One who can fully and completely meet these is Jesus. Let us keep our eyes on Jesus and look full on His wonderful face..and the things of the world will grow distant and dim as we bask in His Goodness and Grace!
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