Whether
it is over what might happen or what might happen again, fear steals so much
from us. It constantly begs for our
attention. It robs us of sleep. It ruins our waking hours. Fear lies and steals almost always.
Most
of the time it is something we create from ignorance and misinformation. Fear takes on the guise of what will happen instead
of what might happen. We give it life
and lease in ways that hold us back from truly living. We trade our real life for what we imagine
and time is devoured as we are frozen from action. I submit that the past does not determine who
we are but rather our fear that what happened in the past may occur again in the
future. This is what makes us
hardhearted, angry, judgmental, bitter, unforgiving, and dismissive.
In
the darkness, when we are alone, we feast on fear as if it was our true
delight. We build entire portions of our
lives around what we fear then we decry the years lost to it devouring. Fear lies and steals. It has no place in our journey.
If I
am going to follow Christ well, there can be no fear. This is not a statement of bravado or pride. It is an obligation to humbly count on the love
or Christ to destroy my fear as I trust him.
It is internalizing the truths that we claim as Christ-followers. It is living the belief God will supply all
my needs, care for my every hurt, and show me how to live out the love he
requires me to have for others. He does
not promise it will be painless or easy.
He promises we will never be alone in the journey.
In
this current distress we have all had to deal with our own fear, Dear
Reader. We have all had to realize that
our culture is more fragile than we imagined it to be. My choice must be to walk in love and
faith. My choice must be to leave fear
in the rearview. You are always welcome
to journey on with me. Together, we can
use the light and love within us to blaze our way home free from fear.
Wishing
you joy in the journey,
Aramis
Thorn
Mat
13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a
disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a homeowner. He liberally
hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”
(͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Every
human story is part of the great story that leads to the Father getting
everything back to Good.
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