| Fear And Faith
I have heard it said many many times that fear and faith cannot co-exist. For some time I quoted the same words in an attempt to expel the many fears that come up in my life. The fears kept returning...often with more and more vengence and I thougth I was doing something wrong or not doing something that caused the fear to recurr over and over again. I spoke with another member ...much to my surprise I discovered another perspective...
He said to me..."Faith is the courage that allows us to walk through the fear" and further explained that as I walk through the fear my faith deepens. It is only when I allow the fear to immobize me or to paralyze me into nonaction that keeps me from using the tool of "FAITH". I can remian hibernated and closed off from being on the front lines or I can choose to walk through it and increase and deepen my faith.
What a concept. I hadn't thoguth about it that way. Thank God there are individuals to share with and to gain ESH to pass on to others
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