I spent most of my childhood being petrified of anything and everything, so many fun memories all the other girls in my girl scout troop have, I don’t because I sat in the back of wherever we were crying.
Even though I spent so much time crying and not being able to do a lot of stuff, I still got to do tons of things because of my amazing mom who would just sit with me and pray this verse over me again, and again
“For God has not given us
the spirit of fear;
but of power, and love, and
of a sound-mind.”
2 Timothy 1:7
Because of this verse being prayed over me most of my life, I’ve been able to climb mountains, hold snakes, sell 1500 boxes of cookies, ride horses, surf, kayak, speak to people, be in a pageant, mentor younger kids, teach classes at my home school co-op, all kinds of amazing things. Now a 9 month long mission trip is in the works because the Lord gave me the spirit of power and sound-mind.
I still struggle with being afraid, we all do; but just remember that you, just like me weren’t given a spirit of fear. Fear is something from the devil to keep us from being able to do what God has called us to do. We all need to be fearless. We have to take chances, we can’t live life being afraid of what comes next, that’s not what living is about.
