Posted on 11/30/2020 4:33:57 PM PST by Pining_4_TX
Of greater concern is the presence of a gripping fear that is increasingly controlling the lives and actions of many in our society. We are being infected with and motivated by fear. This phenomenon is only heightened by the uncertainties surrounding the recent elections, and especially the highly charged Presidential race. Fear of possible negative political outcomes only fuels existing fears over the Coronavirus. It is a perfect storm for terrorizing a society.
Fear is dangerous because it enters a person and sets up shop within the heart and the mind. It lurks within, ready to seize any opportunity for proposing worst-case scenarios. When there is uncertainty, or any doubt, fear quietly advocates the darkest possible outcomes. It whispers suggestions that are neither reasonable nor likely. It plays on the imagination by promoting suspicions, worry, guilt, and regret. It paints a caricature of wickedness, making evil to seem supreme, unstoppable, inevitable and irresistible.
Fear often paralyzes its victims to keep them from any thought or action that might break the spell. Fear directs the focus away from the light and into the darkness, away from a Sovereign God and onto a defenseless victimized self, away from hope and toward despair. Fear saps courage from the heart, it weakens the knees and reduces the strength of the grip until it has induced unconditional surrender.
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Pining, went back home to East Texas last week for Thanksgiving with the family. Will do so again in December for Christmas, just like I did in May and September because I wanted to see them and be home.
The years of our life are not in our hands, but how we spend that time is important to God.
Thank you for posting.
Prayers for your loved ones and you!
The only thing, I believe about this damn virus are reports from people like you and a female in law who lost her mother to CV 19 in March.
Thank you.((((Hugs)))
Hugs back and the best outcomes!
That’s my experience too. Not every female but they are disproportionately terrified.
Well, there is fear of God due to His perfection and power.
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” Psalm 111:10
and Proverbs 9:10
Good for you! Hope you have a blessed Christmas.
Also it seems that people like to be afraid. That is why they ride roller coasters and watch horror movies. Perhaps having something to be scared of distracts from their mundane, boring life. I know the media goes from one scare story to the next, whether it’s global warming, killer bees, the end of fresh water, or whatever.
I have no fear of God-never did.He enjoys us and I enjoy Him.
27God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us. 28‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’…
https://www.biblehub.com/acts/17-27.htm
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