It's a word that I don't like to bring up very often. Because by doing so, I admit I have a weakness, an inadequacy. Yet, fear is something that every one of us has to wrestle with.
Fear has a consuming power. It can become like a disease... slowly growing and gaining strength. It can affect our dreams, our hopes, our personality and our joy. The disease can take us out of the life we should be living--if it goes untreated.
Thankfully, there is a cure. Faith.
Fear is legit. It's there for a reason. Things in life can potentially go bad. We can get hurt. Things don't always go as we plan. So, this point made, we have 2 choices: 1) we can let the fear control us and constantly worry about the worst happening.. or 2) we can recognize the potential pain, but live in light of the greater good.
When we focus on the bad and worry about the "what-ifs" we miss out on the good that is present around us. It can make us miss out on what is truly important.
That makes for a miserable life. I don't want to block my dreams, my hopes, and my joy because I let my fear grow bigger than my faith.
I need to daily swap my fears for faith.
We all have fears. But we can all have faith.
