Do you ever experience those times when you feel like you begin to learn a great many things all at one time? It even gets overwhelming just trying to get your mind wrapped around each new idea that you're encountering. I have a list of things that God has been teaching me lately. I want to start addressing a few of them one at a time. Here are some key words:
Fear
Strength to Conquer
Thinking Light or Diet thinking (To be explained later)
Prayer as Conversation
First of all, I just want to address my issue with fear. It cripples me. Everyday. I have a fear of so many things that I do not even have one day go by in which I am not prevented from doing something because of my fear. However, God has started taking my fear away. That's right-- not taking reality away, or the situations I face, or the objects that I am afraid of-- but the fear of these things. Just like Psalm 34:4 declares: "I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears." Deliverence is also a perfect word to be used here because fear grips us and holds us captive, deforming our faith.
Things in life are still scary-- like relationships failing, people being hurt, jobs being lost, answers not coming when we need them, making big mistakes- or even little stupide ones, big life changes and shocks, etc. But somehow, putting my life into the depths of God's covering grace and eternal satisfaction reminds me that whatever I can't handle will still BE handled, by the One who has an endless supply of provision for every situation.
~Nicole
These are some of my thoughts, and there are many more to come...
