BLINDED
March '09
Blinded By Our Own Fears
Our daughter, Autumn, frequently comes over with her son, Jet. They come through the door, both smiling. We are smiling, too, as they (along with husband/son in law, Jacob) are a huge delight for us.
Autumns puts Jet down, and takes his jacket off him. Usually, this is a prelude to a fun time of playing, all of us together. But, sometimes, Jet begins to look worried -- he thinks that perhaps he is being dropped off by Mommy. He looks at his Mom and begins to cry.
He cries BIG CROCODILE TEARS. He is INCONSOLABLE and DISTRESSED. BIG TIME.
NOTHING has happened, yet, but he is wailing as if his life is over. Jet doesn't seem to know that she is there.
His Mom is close by -- we are ALL promising that she is not leaving -- but, in his own head, life is crashing down around him.
He is crying and crying -- nothing has happened yet -- he is just AFRAID of something happening.
The only thing that helps is when she picks him up, and holds him on her hip -- what a safe and comforting hip that is! Nothing bad ever happens when he is on that hip!
How many of us do that to Daddy God? Our fear keeps us from trusting in what is going on. Our fear keeps us from knowing that He is there.
The answer is ALWAYS -- stop listening to fear. If it sounds like fear, feels like fear, tastes like fear -- it is a lie from the enemy. Fear keeps us from hearing the truth that is being spoken, and it keeps us from seeing that God IS WITH US.
HIS HIP IS AVAILABLE.
(Rationalizing fear -- determining that there is a good and practical reason to be afraid -- that is a lesson for another time...but, it remains a denial of the truth --and is always disagreement with God.)
Do I still fight against fear? OH, YEAH. Fear is always serving up another idea to me. My best defense, currently, is to share the scary idea with my husband, who will laugh and say, "NO! Send that away!" A lot of little pains become the basis for an impending death -- which is just not true. God has told me otherwise, and He tells the TRUTH.
The only thing that the enemy can speak are lies. Therefore, I know several ways that I will NOT die -- and the list is growing. Sometimes, all my teeth hurt, as a side-effect of a medication that I am taking. Before all this was confirmed for me (as a side-effect), I thought that I would have to have all of my teeth OUT. Amazingly, I found a way to be in peace on this -- and then learned what it really is. No need to have teeth removed.
I find ways to alleviate the pain, and I laugh at the lie.
HE IS STILL IN CHARGE. HE WILL BE WITH ME -- REGARDLESS OF THE JOURNEY, WHICH WILL CONTINUE ON IN HIM, LONG AFTER THIS TEMPORARY BODY IS GONE.
PRAISE GOD!
Blinded By Our Own Fears
Our daughter, Autumn, frequently comes over with her son, Jet. They come through the door, both smiling. We are smiling, too, as they (along with husband/son in law, Jacob) are a huge delight for us.
Autumns puts Jet down, and takes his jacket off him. Usually, this is a prelude to a fun time of playing, all of us together. But, sometimes, Jet begins to look worried -- he thinks that perhaps he is being dropped off by Mommy. He looks at his Mom and begins to cry.
He cries BIG CROCODILE TEARS. He is INCONSOLABLE and DISTRESSED. BIG TIME.
NOTHING has happened, yet, but he is wailing as if his life is over. Jet doesn't seem to know that she is there.
His Mom is close by -- we are ALL promising that she is not leaving -- but, in his own head, life is crashing down around him.
He is crying and crying -- nothing has happened yet -- he is just AFRAID of something happening.
The only thing that helps is when she picks him up, and holds him on her hip -- what a safe and comforting hip that is! Nothing bad ever happens when he is on that hip!
How many of us do that to Daddy God? Our fear keeps us from trusting in what is going on. Our fear keeps us from knowing that He is there.
The answer is ALWAYS -- stop listening to fear. If it sounds like fear, feels like fear, tastes like fear -- it is a lie from the enemy. Fear keeps us from hearing the truth that is being spoken, and it keeps us from seeing that God IS WITH US.
HIS HIP IS AVAILABLE.
(Rationalizing fear -- determining that there is a good and practical reason to be afraid -- that is a lesson for another time...but, it remains a denial of the truth --and is always disagreement with God.)
Do I still fight against fear? OH, YEAH. Fear is always serving up another idea to me. My best defense, currently, is to share the scary idea with my husband, who will laugh and say, "NO! Send that away!" A lot of little pains become the basis for an impending death -- which is just not true. God has told me otherwise, and He tells the TRUTH.
The only thing that the enemy can speak are lies. Therefore, I know several ways that I will NOT die -- and the list is growing. Sometimes, all my teeth hurt, as a side-effect of a medication that I am taking. Before all this was confirmed for me (as a side-effect), I thought that I would have to have all of my teeth OUT. Amazingly, I found a way to be in peace on this -- and then learned what it really is. No need to have teeth removed.
I find ways to alleviate the pain, and I laugh at the lie.
HE IS STILL IN CHARGE. HE WILL BE WITH ME -- REGARDLESS OF THE JOURNEY, WHICH WILL CONTINUE ON IN HIM, LONG AFTER THIS TEMPORARY BODY IS GONE.
PRAISE GOD!
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