FEAR

Fear. Sometimes I am afraid.  I would have to say most of the time I have fear. I am afraid of spiders, snakes, scary movies, really high places to name a few.  Light when you look over the ledge of a building and your stomach decides to do jumping jacks...I hate that feeling! Or I have a memory of my grandma Wix at the farm when I was a teenager.  She was out in the garden and started hollering for my uncle.  When we got out there, there was a very HUGE snake in the tree.  Well we killed it and it was like 6ft long!  Or that time on my Honduras mission in 2016 with my introduction to our wolf spider.  Didn't like that introduction in my bathroom! But these are fears that can be overcome (or at least I hope so!), right??? 
The fears that are hard to overcome for me is fear of death. Am I going to die soon?  What will I do if Robby dies?  What if something happens to my kids, to my parents?  This is a fear that is sometimes hard to overcome.  But.....and there is always a but, Jesus said to fear not.  He said it 365 times in the Bible. He also said to trust in him and to lean on him in the hard times. 
Even though we can't see him, HIS presence is always felt.  So when you have fear, FEAR NOT, because HE is with you.  Cast all your worries on him.

Jesus said: "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives.  Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." John 14:27

Love to all,