Careful it’s Contagious...fear

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2^nd Timothy 1:7

It’s all in the air, spreading across the east coast.  Off in the distance looms a storm, Florence The Monster Hurricane.  And who isn’t afraid of monsters.  Let me tell you who is for sure afraid, my daughter.  The stories and predictions of what this storm may do to our home have her gripped. 

Some may judge and say well, why is she watching the news?  Or MOM why are you allowing her access to this information.  Well I can say with confidents and some sadness hey it wasn’t me.  Talk on the playground has changed, kids are talking about presidents, walls being built and this week if they live on the east coast they are talking about Florence.

She came into explained that she had googled and had scene that we were in the path of the storm.  Ok that was three days ago, two days ago well maybe we were in the path, but that could change tomorrow.   With her wide beautiful brown eyes she looked at me for confirmation of peace and that there would be no destruction that would come to us.  You see I am her comforter, her peace giver and fear was spreading like wild fire through the school grape vine.  My first reaction, far from great parenting, “Girl we will be fine-calm down and go do your homework”

But wait now storm fear began to spread through my office at work, we had all gotten calls, from our loves ones…Were we ready, Were we evacuating, What was our plan.  Wait a minute now I was getting a bit scared too as well as many other grown folks.  Office grape vine is even faster than the playground and we have better search skills.  So we checked and emailed each other several different potential storm paths, none directly hit us but THEY ALL COULD!  Yeah fear was spinning out of control.

Then came The Peace Bringer, THE JOY GIVER, MY Daddy the lover of my soul.  Gently he tapped me, gently he reminded me.  I did not create in you a spirit of fear!  That means fear is not my creation.   Like fear hope and peace can be contagious.   Rebuke it and Rest in me.

So do I have flashlights… Yep.  Do I have water … Yep.  Gas in the tank…Yep!

And I HAVE PEACE…The peace that surpasses all understanding and instead of giving my daughter fear I give her peace and love…Be safe and have PEACE.

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2^nd Timothy 1:7

It’s all in the air, spreading across the east coast.  Off in the distance looms a storm, Florence The Monster Hurricane.  And who isn’t afraid of monsters.  Let me tell you who is for sure afraid, my daughter.  The stories and predictions of what this storm may do to our home have her gripped. 

Some may judge and say well, why is she watching the news?  Or MOM why are you allowing her access to this information.  Well I can say with confidents and some sadness hey it wasn’t me.  Talk on the playground has changed, kids are talking about presidents, walls being built and this week if they live on the east coast they are talking about Florence.

She came into explained that she had googled and had scene that we were in the path of the storm.  Ok that was three days ago, two days ago well maybe we were in the path, but that could change tomorrow.   With her wide beautiful brown eyes she looked at me for confirmation of peace and that there would be no destruction that would come to us.  You see I am her comforter, her peace giver and fear was spreading like wild fire through the school grape vine.  My first reaction, far from great parenting, “Girl we will be fine-calm down and go do your homework”

But wait now storm fear began to spread through my office at work, we had all gotten calls, from our loves ones…Were we ready, Were we evacuating, What was our plan.  Wait a minute now I was getting a bit scared too as well as many other grown folks.  Office grape vine is even faster than the playground and we have better search skills.  So we checked and emailed each other several different potential storm paths, none directly hit us but THEY ALL COULD!  Yeah fear was spinning out of control.

Then came The Peace Bringer, THE JOY GIVER, MY Daddy the lover of my soul.  Gently he tapped me, gently he reminded me.  I did not create in you a spirit of fear!  That means fear is not my creation.   Like fear hope and peace can be contagious.   Rebuke it and Rest in me.

So do I have flashlights… Yep.  Do I have water … Yep.  Gas in the tank…Yep!

And I HAVE PEACE…The peace that surpasses all understanding and instead of giving my daughter fear I give her peace and love…Be safe and have PEACE.