dailydatewithgod

One of the most common sayings in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures is “Be Not Afraid” or “Do Not Fear”.  I take that to mean that God knows we are a fearful people.  Love is the opposite of fear and God is love.  God knows that we need to be reminded to be with Him.  As it says in the first letter of John: “There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear.” (1Jn4:18).  Every time we experience fear, and we will, sometimes more than others, it is a reminder that we need God.  We need not admonish ourselves for being afraid, but just recognize it as a part of the human experience.  It is what we do with that fear. Do we run with it and let it control our lives?  Or do we bring it to God and ask Him/Her/It to show us the love in this situation.  For me, I need to sit down and write out my fears when they become overwhelming.  Sometimes a little thing grows because I let it fester in my mind and my mind tries to figure a way out of the fear only creating more fear.  Somehow when I put it down on paper and imagine myself presenting it to God–here are the ways that I worry that you won’t show up–is that true?  Then I take a deep breath and ask God to show me how to be, how to trust in Great Love.  I have read that there are basically two fears that we have–either that we will lose something that we have or we will not get something that we want.  I find that pretty much every fear falls into those categories and ironically neither of those occur in the present moment.  They speak of things either past or future.  However, in this moment, I have nothing to fear.  I am completely taken care of.  When I am connected to God, there is nothing that I am wanting because I am one with all that is.  When I am in love, there is no loss.  I need the reminder to not be afraid because it is the little niggly things of fear–being on time, doing a good job in a presentation, getting asked out by some guy–that bring me down.  “I must turn in all things to the Father of Light who presides over us all.” (Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 14).  Then and only then can I live in a place of love and bring love and light to all I encounter.  What is some little fear that you can turn over to God today?  My prayer is that you may come to know during the course of this day that God (love) is with you and encourages to not be afraid in the littlest of ways.  Make is a great one!  Peace~Colleen

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