Posted on 02/06/2020 2:42:39 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
It happens so fast. A brief thought, a whisper really, and before I know it, I’m all twisted in knots.
My husband mentions that for the next three months he’ll be out of town on business more than he is home. I look at the dates on the calendar and add them up in my head. My eyes zero in on the longest business trip of them all, and I feel a weight press down on me. I grow weary and exhausted as though I’ve just run a mile....
Fear feeds on forgetfulness. It thrives on our spiritual amnesia, our forgetting who God is and what He has done (2 Peter 1:9). We forget God’s faithfulness to us in the past. We forget His steadfast love, mercy, and grace. We forget all He has done for us in Christ. As a result, we feel alone, lost, helpless, and afraid.
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Amen!
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