Soul Sister Time

            There is a lot to be afraid about every waking moment of everyday living in a sin-filled world.   We get good at desensitizing ourselves from fear, but spiritual maturity is the only way to truly live without fear.   Living fearless is living like Christ.             Jesus expressed many human emotions while on earth.   He demonstrated anger at the Pharisees and money changers, sadness over the death of his dear friend Lazarus, compassion for the crowds who had no idea who He really was or why He was on earth, disappointment in the disciples’ lack of faith, encouragement of the faith of followers—but never fear.   Jesus was never afraid!   He spoke quite a bit on the subject of fear, but His words were always instructions about how not to be afraid and how to conquer fear.   Even in the Garden of Gethsemane He was fearless! ...

              We encounter fear every day.   It is natural to be afraid.   I can’t believe how many scenarios that I can come up with over one given situation.   Most of us learn how to down-play our fears; we have to in order to function.   The problem is that if we are simply burying them inside, they will come out somehow and usually in ways that we don’t connect to the original fear such as addictions, anxiety or depression.               Fear takes on many disguises like cruelty, anger, anxiety and others.   The phrase do not be afraid was found 42 times in the English Standard Version Bible.   The word fear is mentioned 437 times. Obviously, it is an important topic for our lives and one that God knows we face.   He tells us over and over that there is no need to be afraid.   It’s hard to make the jump from fear ...