Blinding flash of the obvious: To come to truly trust myself, I must openly meet my fear...anxiety, suspicion, et al...whenever it makes itself felt within me.
I tend to think of openly meeting fear as a surreal "meet and greet." Spiritual growth has taught us we can neither top fear, nor stop fear, and as long as we are trying to, it owns us...we are powerless in its grip.
So to openly meet fear, we must walk through it, God's will, God's way...shaking and quaking if that be the way, and before friend, foe, or unknown passerby.
Here's the lesson...to walk through fear openly does not give us ownership, it gives us the peace that passes understanding. To resist it by affirmations and the like is still resistance and gives it ownership...there is no peace there.
This I know, fear will come to call whenever a mental, physical or spiritual opening appears to it. The egoic mind's hard bar to cross is that it cannot banish, manage or control fear.
Oh wait, here's a BFO to ponder...looking to end fear is to deny God his perfect work.
Spiritual growth is still teaching us that in our time of trouble, on God's timetable, we can and will hear the Word: Be at peace....I have perfected this. In trust, we are freed to love and laugh.
Thank you.
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