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Fearless?

        One evening, I was described as fearless by my small group in Crestline because of the work I do for the Lord and the fact that I first came to their group on my own. Fearless. Not gonna lie, I flat out laughed. If I am fearless, or even perceived as fearless, it is by the Grace and Power of a loving God and Father in Heaven, and nothing to do with me.

 

         "Let me tell you a story," I said. "Of a girl who was too afraid to talk to people. Of a teenager who cried at the slightest interaction with a group, or even a single stranger. Let me tell you that I WISHED I was an introvert." 
 

          These people stared at me as though they didn't believe a word I said. Yes, I traveled to a foreign country on my own, but I WAS afraid at times, okay...many times...and quite nervous. Fearless? No. Stubborn and Determined? Yes. It was amazing as my small group tried to reconcile the image of a fear-driven little girl with the young woman who had walked into their home asking to be part of a community. 
 

           It hit me, somehow, in that moment, just how far God has brought me. Not in the course of a year, nor even a few years, but in such a greater span of time. I still don't think I'm fearless, and those who know me best know I am not. But what I am...is confident. Confident in who God made me and in the path and work He is guiding me towards. I am so thankful for that, so thankful for what He has done in me, through the joys and the laughter, the tears and the aches. I know He is shaping me to be HIS.

This isn't much.  But hopefully, it will be a revelation of the great power of the Lord God as seen through His constant and consistent work in the life of a people-phobic, anxious, uncertain, young woman just seekig to give my lie to Him.

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