False Evidence Appearing Real = F.E.A.R

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In my short time on this earth, I have never been afraid of thunder as much as I was afraid of it yesterday.  As I sat in my dorm room unwinding from a long day, the rain began to pour down heavily.  It had been about thirty minutes since it was raining and I was falling deeper and deeper into the calming sounds of the waters.............

That was until I saw the first lightning flash!  It was extremely bright; it lit up my already illuminated room.   For many years, I grew to understand that lightning and thunder were a dynamic duo; they went hand in hand.  Lightning flashed and approximately seven seconds after a flash, thunder would roll.  I then began to understand that the brighter the flash of lightning, the louder the sound of thunder.

I covered my ears in fear. I knew that the crack of thunder was going to be louder than I would expect.  Then it came! Cracckkkk Cr-AAAC KKK.  My window began to shake!  A shiver came over my body and a scream escaped my lips.  Me? Afraid of thunder? No way!  In no time, the lightning flashed again...one, two, three, four, five, six, seven (hmm, wait for it, wait for it), eig... and then came the thunder!  The power was cut and the rain beat down on the roof heavily.  This continued for around twenty minutes then mother nature finallyyyy decided to chill.

What was I afraid of?  Has there ever been an account of someone harmed by thunder?  Correct me if I'm wrong, but the simple response to that is ABSOLUTELY NOT.  That feeling in my chest, accompanied by the shiver in my spine and the involuntary scream is called FEAR, or as someone nicely coined the term "False Evidence Appearing Real."

Fear creeps up on us when we least expect it.  It comes into our space and has us to believe that we are in danger, we are incapable of accomplishing the goals we have set or we are just not good enough as the other person is.

Fear is a liar.  It does not speak the truth.  It has no place in our plans.  Fear is sort of like the unwanted wedding guest who shows up uninvited to the ceremony and has the nerve to come at the reception dinner.

"So what can be done about fear?" you may ask.  Face it, I say! Facing your fears is sort of like fear's kryptonite.  Have you ever seen Justice League vs. Teen titans? Superman was possessed by an evil entity and Robin knew that in order to rid the spirit, he had to weaken the host.  He comes flying out of the air armed with Superman's weakness, Kryptonite.  Eventually, the entity could not survive without the host's abilities, so it disappeared.

Stay with me. Consider the entity, fear.  He is upon you.  He forces you to do what you don't want to do and even DON'T do what you want to!  He tells you that he controls you and that whatever he says goes.  The kryptonite? That's you facing those fears! And that's also you weakening your own self-doubt and self-destructive thinking! It temporarily makes you feel like you are unable to go on.  It may even cause you to feel like you are going to die (because fear says so) but it's a lie.

Fear doesn't control you.  You have the power to overcome ANY and EVERY obstacle placed in your way.  Today, I don't know about you, but I feel like this lesson is for me.  Amy, fear doesn't control you; fear only cripples you.  Stand up for what you believe in.  Go forth and do what you were called to.  

I trust that wherever you are, whatever you are facing right now, you can look fear in the face and show him who's boss! Be blessed day!