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22. November 2011 by BruceSmith.

For those afraid

by Bruce Smith on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 12:03am

I was afraid…

 

I was afraid of failure, 

So I won at all costs.

 

I was afraid of loneliness, 

So I was never alone.

 

I was afraid of thought, 

So I never engaged my mind.

 

I was afraid of truth,

So I made it up as I went along.

 

I was afraid to cry,

So I hardened my heart.

 

I was afraid of real love, 

So I settled for lust.

 

I was afraid to care,

So I ran away.

 

I was afraid to win, 

So I laughed through loss.

 

I was afraid of pain,

So I drank myself happy.

 

I was afraid to be happy,

So I drank myself mad.

 

I was afraid of my anger,

So I became the clown.

 

I was afraid of tenderness,

So I perfected my rage.

 

I was afraid of attention,

So I went into isolation.

 

I was afraid of being neglected,

So I joined every party.

 

I was afraid of my father,

So I liked every boy.

 

I was afraid to marry my mother,

So I did just that.

 

I was afraid of God,

So I worshipped myself.

 

I’m afraid of what I’ve become,

So I’m trying to find my way.

 

I’m afraid to look in the mirror,

So I’ll compare myself to lesser ones.

 

I’m afraid of going back home,

So I’ll keep running wild.

 

I’m afraid of the wilderness,

So I’m looking for a cave.

 

Is there any escape?

From all this being afraid?

 

I’m afraid.

I’m just afraid.

 

1 John 4:18 “There is no fear in love.  Perfect love casts out all fear”.

If fear drives your emotions, your relationships, your professional aspirations, your love life, your anything or everything.  Remember, that train will not stop and wait for you to get off.  Jump.  Leap for your life.  Fear will sink you, bury those you love, crush all you hope for.  Fear, the foremost dart of the enemy of your soul, will pierce you through and through.  It will keep you from enjoying the progress of others, it will cause you to smother those close to you, it will restrict every dream you have, it will severe every relationship you begin, and it will choke the life right out of you.  Fear, unchecked and unsumitted to God will consume you like a cancer.  God has not given us a spirit of fear, but one of power, love and sound mind. (2 Timothy 1:7)

If you are not walking in peacable power, love and sound mind, you are not walking in the spirit of God.  Your escape is found in keeping in step with the love, rest, and character of God.  

 

Bruce Lee Smith

www.bruceleesmith.co

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