Being Afraid

I hate feeling and being afraid! 

When fear grips me, its as if Jaws or the spirit of Death is coming behind me to take me away. I fight to breathe as the world around me appears to be fading to blackness. I have to make a huge effort to stand still and calm down.

What do I fear the most? 

• Being rejected. 
• Being ridiculed and not being able to do or say anything about it.
• Growing old and being alone and homeless, with no family and friends around to love me and care for me
• Dying and facing God without being right with Him firs!

Children feel afraid, just like adults do. And they also fear some of the same things that grownup fear. 

Long time ago children would be afraid of

• the dark
• not being liked
• their parents forgetting their birthday

But now we can add to the list

• abuse and neglect of all kind
• bullying of a quality and intensity not known before
• even abortion of children before they are even born

Do you know that the Lord Jesus Christ said, "don't be afraid" 365 tims in the Bible? So everyday, when we feel afraid, (whether we are man or woman, boy or girl) we could gain comfort from the fact that TODAY, our Heavenly Father has already told us."don't be afraid!"

"Don't worry, because I am with you. Don't be afraid, because I am your God. I will make you strong and will help you. I will support you with My right hand that saves you." Isaiah 41:19 (New Century Version)