Fear and Faith :)

I’ve heard often that if you have enough Faith you will never Fear.  Good thing that’s not exactly true, because I have a lot of faith, but I have my struggles with fear and worry too.

I think it might be said better if it was said, if we Focus completely on our Faith, we will not be able to Focus on our Fears. ?

All moms worry for their children.  And I can share with you that I am no exception, especially as they grow older and live their own lives.  When they are little, it’s easy to feel that we can fix every hurt, but we can’t always do that as they grow older.  And that is when we really need to Focus on our Faith.

So what does that mean?

On more than one occasion, I have woken up in the middle of night and known that one of my children was facing a potentially life changing choice or a situation that was unsafe.  And I felt the call to kneel and pray for them, and I did.  And after I did, I felt only Peace.  I knew that, whatever the issue, God had taken care of it ?.

But my battle was not completely over. I had to hold onto the Peace that God had so generously given to me.   First we give our behavior to our Lord, and then we give our thoughts to the Lord.  Reigning in our thoughts can be particularly difficult, but with perseverance it can be done.  And that means that once the Lord has so generously dealt with our fears or worries, we need to leave them with God.  And if they return, we just need to shift our Focus back to Him ?

We all fear and worry at times, but God did not create us to live in Fear.

“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”-Isaiah 41:10