It's a great saying and I believe it... however I still have fears. I guess I'm still working on creating perfect faith in my life! As we age, our fears change and take differing forms.
Those ages two through seven typically fear things such as monsters in the closet or the dark. When I was about 6 years old, I was terrified of the wicked witch in the Disney movie, Snow White. At night time, I would hide under my covers in my bed because I was afraid that she'd come and pull down the covers and get me! Look how creepy she is....
It was traumatic... still makes me shudder! :0
When I was a little bit older, my parents loved watching old Alfred Hitchcock movies. They were suspenseful and almost always involved a murder. I still remember some of them. I lived on a small farm growing up, so a lot of times I would have to go feed the horses in the dark. My imagination would do the craziest things to me. I remember begging and pleading for someone to come with me to feed the animals because I was scared but they said that I was just being lazy and wanted help. So I'd run out there as fast as I could and pray and I was running back that I would out run any scary men that were chasing me and wanted to kill me.
Ok... I may not have passed through this developmental trend... I still get scared of getting murdered when I was home late from campus or scary creatures chasing me... However, I do get scared of much deeper things... not being able to fall in love, schooling, failure, Hilary Clinton becoming President, and losing someone.
Wow, now you all know a deeper side to Crystal 0:). Let's increase our faith that although the world can be a scary place with people that act like witches, people that aren't nice and hurt people, and Hilary Clinton has a lot of supporters... that we have an all-powerful Father who will take care of us.
Girl I feel ya on those fears! Not being able to fall in love or losing loved ones is especially scary when you have had break ups and funerals already. It truly feels like it is a miracle these days for people to decide to marry each other and also a miracle for someone to make it to old age. While it is scary and mind boggling on some of these fears, I think that the joy and faith comes when we see the miracles He IS working in our lives, even if it's not those. When we build that trust and see that He does care, that is what gives me joy and hope for the future. Because when it really gets down to it, that is our choice, to take the situation we have and be scared and anxious about it, or to trust in God. Easier said than done though, which is why faith is constantly taught in church! ;)
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