"We've all felt fear, and we give it lots of different titles: apprehension, anxiety. There's a lot of fear out there. Having courage doesn't mean you've conquered every fear, but holding on to fear keeps us frozen in place. It keeps us from doing basic things to survive."
Chaplain Commander Doyle Dunn
A Greater Freedom: Stories of Faith From Operation Iraqi Freedom
Oliver North, Executive Editor/Stories by Sarah Horn
Broadman & Holman 2004
p. 80
I've known that fear and faith cannot co-exist. And, of course, I've known that fear is not helpful. I don't think I've ever thought of it keeping me from doing the basic things to survive. Yet, if I look back at some of my trials, I see myself immobilized, kind of like those dreams where someone is chasing you and you can't make your legs move. Frozen with fear . . . and begging for deliverance. Be it through His Word, others' prayers or my own, God has given me courage to take the first step. He has seen me "through."
EverGrowing,
Lonnie
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