I am still pinching myself that I now live in Austin. And, I’m all settled in. This move seemed overwhelming at the time, but now it’s in the past. I did eat that ginormous \u201celephant\u201d one bite at a time. That\u2019s how my life has changed. To have faced a giant like this years ago, would have paralyzed me in fear. But I have learned my lessons well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s easy to find FEAR lurking behind every corner \u2013 even things that aren\u2019t \u201celephant\u201d sized. It can smack us in the tummy just after we’ve said, \u201cWhat a great day it is!\u201d Or right after we\u2019ve prayed. Or right after we\u2019ve celebrated a great victory. Maybe a negative medical report came in or a teacher\u2019s report came in that our child is failing or we\u2019ve lost our cell phone or our car broke down and there\u2019s not enough in the bank to repair it. I\u2019ve been there. I have been literally worried sick about so many things, including my finances, what people thought about me, and what tomorrow would hold for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once upon a time, my husband was my \u201cgo to\u201d guy for those things that seemed to overwhelm me. He did a great job of relieving my insecurities and concerns. He was my rock and pillar of strength. He was a man of many talents and abilities. He could fix just about anything, and if he couldn\u2019t, he sure knew who to go for the help he needed. Yes, God was #1 for me, but right up there close to God, was my husband. So, what does a girl do when her very-close-to-God guy checks out of this earth and leaves her with facing life by herself? Oh, sweet relief. I know. God becomes her ALL in ALL! She does what she was supposed to have done long before \u2013 be her #1 for any and everything that concerns her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For over ten years now, God has been my \u201cgo to\u201d Lord and His perfect love has given me all the right reasons to be strong, brave, courageous AND the ability to resist fear. His LOVE is greater than any fear. 1st John 4:18 says that perfect love casts out fear. \u201cPerfect Love\u201d should be capitalized, because the only Perfect Love is God’s love. God IS Love. If we\u2019re afraid of facing a person or a situation in our life, God\u2019s love can help us put our fears to rest. That verse points out that we should be conscious of God\u2019s love. It needs to be more than just a fact from the Bible to us. We ought to be experiencing it daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It would be so easy to run away from it all — but the one with undaunted faith and determination simply RISES above it all and conquers anything that resembles FEAR. We face that \u201celephant\u201d or that giant. We aim our sling at its ugly head and declare: \u201cI am more than a conqueror.\u201d I rise above it al! After all, my PERFECT One casts out all my fears.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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