Blinding flash of the obvious: Fear is God's calling card . Trust your own inner voice...do not fight fear, welcome it...fear cannot hurt you, your fear of fear is your cross...fear is God calling...heed his call, return to him in faith, love and laughter.
Per "God Calling" today, there is only strain in our daily life when we are serving another master, the world, fame, the good opinion of wo/men. *** Be calm, no matter what may befall you. Be patient, and let patience have her perfect work.
There's our almost-hidden clue for the peace of mind we seek: let patience have her perfect work. Most of us take pride in saying that we have no patience, or we warn not to pray for patience, apparently fearing God will punish us with a boatload of ugly patience-trials.
Isn't it fear alone that is the other master? Down at the bottom of the heap of defects that we fret our self with is fear, the taproot. We have been alerted to the nothingness of fear for ages...FDR and Etty Hillsum are the bellwethers in my learning.
SIDEBAR: Can you imagine being in a Nazi prison camp and knowing that it is fear, only fear, that is the real enemy? Hillsum did. Even as she died there. I imagine she died patiently ergo fearlessly...or panic-free at any rate. Clearly, my imagine cannot grasp fearlessly, but maybe she actually did die fearlessly. It is not all that uncommon to feel no fear in a no-alternative situation. Ah, there's our rational mind's reason for seeking still more spiritual growth...in a no-alternative situation, we have the panacea of faith, atheists are on their own.
OBTW, I am grateful for my new flash that fear is God's calling card...I prefer it to my first flash that fear is God's camouflage...camouflage is too reminiscent of war for my comfort. God knows my needs.
Thank you.
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