She was jumpy and cried out like she was truly afraid of the mythical bergens gobbling her up like a troll in the Disney film! I recognized the irrational fear we're all susceptible to and quickly reassured her, "The bergens wouldn't eat you! You're too cute! They'd kiss you all over like this," as I kissed her all over her face.
"Want daddy," she insisted and crawled over to the warm safe hollow in his arms where no big scary monster could ever hurt her and confidently, as well as a nearly two year old can, told daddy, "Burgens wont eat me, they love me, I'm too cute!" Then promptly fell soundly asleep.
Who could argue with that logic? She's pretty stinkin' cute!
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How many times have I found myself in a similar helpless, frantic state of terror over the mythical boogymen in my own life? Unexpected expenses, illnesses, or much less dramatic, but no less crippling stresses and trials that I face with worry and doubt.
That's right where the enemy wants me; crippled, frozen, useless in the advancement of the Kingdom of God. The mind is a battlefield and when you focus on nothing but negative, there are unfortunate consequences: you feed the fear and you starve your faith.
What story are you feeding yourself today? One of FEAR or one of FAITH?
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7
Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken. Psalm 55:22
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1
~Peace isn't knowing how things will turn out, it's knowing our God is bigger than our problems!
Delanie