Hello everyone!
Today, I'm going to be tackling a subject that many of us struggle with but very few of us might actually admit to struggling like this; fear.
Maybe just my mention of that word has sent shivers up your spine because we usually put "fear" and "change" in the same boat and I'm here to show you that this is not necessarily a bad thing to encounter in your daily living...
As always, I want to start by looking at a definition of fear from Merriam Webster: -
An unpleasant often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger.
This is just a sample of the definition I came across so you can always click on the link for more, as this pretty much says what needs to be said about fear; it's an "unpleasant and often strong emotion".
You don't say!
But is it always a bad thing?
When it comes to fearing the guard dogs at the local scrapyard? Natural.
When it comes to fearing the police after you have stolen from the supermarket? Rightly so.
What about when it comes to fearing what someone might think of you? Or fearing what that guy/girl will say when you ask them out on a date?
Long time readers know that for the longest time I was wrapped up in a crush on a girl and never got to tell her how I feel, or felt (I'm still not sure which one applies today), about her and then I found out that she was already seeing someone...
It broke me.
It destroyed me.
It devastated me.
It destroyed me.
It devastated me.
Yet here I am!
Still writing these pages, still wringing out the truth from whatever situation I find myself in. Does it mean that I don't hurt every time I think about it?
Would that that were true, but I'm living for a higher calling now. I'm living for a much higher purpose now.
I'm living for God.
Sure, I'm not perfect and I still make mistakes. But the point is, I see God's hand in everything I do now. In everything.
I wrote something in my journal yesterday that I am going to share with you all now: -
Unless you see the good in every situation, you are not seeing God in every situation.
It sounds easier said than done, but the reality is (at least for me anyway!) that God still reigns supreme. God is still on the throne and God still brings me through my difficulties each and every single day.
Let me tell you what this has to do with change.
I didn't realise until it was too late, that my feelings for this particular girl were starting to cloud my judgement, to fog up my development and hamper me. So I had to make a change, or, more accurately, a series of changes, in order to move forward.
Sure, I left church.
Sure, I broke contact with a lot of people.
Yet Through It All
These were all necessary steps as I believe my time at !Audacious had come to an end as I'd hit the glass ceiling as far as my personal development goes. Now, I could have stayed and fought through all of this, but when you are quick to realise that a situation and location is becoming harmful and extremely toxic to you, you back away.
You reassess everything.
You make changes to the way you think.
You make changes to the people you turn to in times of trouble.
But through it all, can you still say God is good?
Answer: Yes.
Why? Because He never left!
Why? Because you're still alive!
Why? Because you're sustained by Him and not by people!
"I'll praise You through it all" - thus goes the refrain and it is a lesson we sometimes have to learn the hard way. When we're pressed on all sides. When we're tempted to fear of what may come.
All to get us to trust God more.
Do I trust God now that my dreams of getting together with this girl have gone up in smoke? Yes.
Do I trust God now that I've stepped away from a church I was part of for seven years? Yes.
Do I trust God in everything, with everything and through everything? YES!!!
So goes the song, then, that I will praise God through it all.
The highs.
The lows.
The in-betweens.
Wherever I go, God goes and has gone before me, so nothing that happens to me is a surprise to Him.
Can I just ask you, then, to consider trusting a higher power, trusting God, with your future because He knows why everything happens the way that it does?
Though you and I may never know the reasons all the time, why things happen the way that they do, we can always trust Him because He is always good, just as Psalm 119:68 says :-
===TLP===
You reassess everything.
You make changes to the way you think.
You make changes to the people you turn to in times of trouble.
But through it all, can you still say God is good?
Answer: Yes.
Why? Because He never left!
Why? Because you're still alive!
Why? Because you're sustained by Him and not by people!
"I'll praise You through it all" - thus goes the refrain and it is a lesson we sometimes have to learn the hard way. When we're pressed on all sides. When we're tempted to fear of what may come.
All to get us to trust God more.
Do I trust God now that my dreams of getting together with this girl have gone up in smoke? Yes.
Do I trust God now that I've stepped away from a church I was part of for seven years? Yes.
Do I trust God in everything, with everything and through everything? YES!!!
Final Thought
So goes the song, then, that I will praise God through it all.
The highs.
The lows.
The in-betweens.
Wherever I go, God goes and has gone before me, so nothing that happens to me is a surprise to Him.
Can I just ask you, then, to consider trusting a higher power, trusting God, with your future because He knows why everything happens the way that it does?
Though you and I may never know the reasons all the time, why things happen the way that they do, we can always trust Him because He is always good, just as Psalm 119:68 says :-
You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.Until next time...
===TLP===
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