Facing my Fears
Facing My Fears
I am having to face my fears. Oh, you know me as Nancy, the Adventurer? You didn’t know I had fears? Well, let me tell you, I have fears! “What are your fears?” you ask. My current lesson on fears is focusing on preparing lesson plans and executing them. Ahhh, “executing” my lesson plans! Now that is what I would really like to do! We do have a very nice fireplace here.
But alas! That would not be achieving the goals of this lesson on fear. I am learning not to avoid my fears, but to face them and to overcome them by trusting in the only One who can really get me through this successfully. My Teacher is using my studies and real life experiences to teach me to lay my fears in His hands and to trust that He will not fail.
Interesting. I have no fear that He will provide for my financial needs. So why do I fear that He might not provide for my teaching needs? Could it be that my sense of inadequacy, my past experiences is plaguing me? Yes, of course. I am to trust Him for every need, knowing that He is faithful and will not go against His character. He will not hesitate to send me on another “trip around Mt. Sinai” to teach me His ways. For this, too, I am thankful.