Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board
Voicelessness and Emotional Survival => Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board => Topic started by: Ami on January 28, 2008, 03:46:41 PM
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When the Bible gives a "promise", I take it as a literal promise. .
So, now I am looking fear in the face. Fear has always been the biggest bogeyman for me(maybe everyone) I am trying to look at the nooks and crannies ,in which it hides.
Shame has fear at it's root. It asks ,"Am I good enough?. Fear of people is really fear of your shame coming out or being exposed,I think.
I have to meditate on this Scripture--day and night--in all situations. Everything on the earth eventually fades, the good and the bad. You are left with your spirit and spiritual truths.
I am facing very scary things, right now. I have tried to "stay the same" and have no change. I have been paralyzed by fear. Now, I have to face it , with the promise that it will leave when I get "perfect love, which is God's love.
Can anyone relate to this? Ami
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Yes I can Ami. I have been working towards accepting that Love to replace the fear. Sometimes when the fear gets into my bones I simply repeat the phrase, "God's Love" over and over and over.
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Hi Ami,
Here is an excerpt (about fear) from the big book of AA -- this has been helpful to me at times:
Love,
Lise
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Notice that the word "fear" is bracketed alongside the difficulties with Mr. Brown, Mrs. Jones, the employer, and the wife. This short word somehow touches about every aspect of our lives. It was an evil and corroding thread; the fabric of our existence was shot through with it. It set in motion trains of circumstances which brought us misfortune we felt we didn't deserve. But did not we, ourselves, set the ball rolling? Sometimes we think fear ought to be classed with stealing. It seems to cause more trouble.
We reviewed our fears thoroughly. We put them on paper, even though we had no resentment in connection with them. We asked ourselves why we had them. Wasn't it because self-reliance failed us? Self-reliance was good as far as it went, but it didn't go far enough. Some of us once had great self-confidence, but it didn't fully solve the fear problem, or any other. When it made us cocky, it was worse.
Perhaps there is a better way, we think so. For we are now on a different basis of trusting and relying upon God. We trust infinite God rather than our finite selves. We are in the world to play the role He assigns. Just to the extent that we do as we think He would have us, and humbly rely on Him, does He enable us to match calamity with serenity.
We never apologize to anyone for depending upon our Creator. We can laugh at those who think spirituality the way of weakness. Paradoxically, it is the way of strength. The verdict of the ages is that faith means courage. All men of faith have courage. They trust their God. We never apologize for God. Instead we let Him demonstrate, through us, what He can do. We ask Him to remove our fear and direct our attention to what He would have us be. At once, we commence to outgrow fear.