Deeply afraid

"The law of gravity is evident when you drop something causing it to fall straight toward the center of the earth. So it is with the laws governing the relationship between belief and behavior. What you believe affects how you behave." -William Backus and Marie Chapian

"Lord, I need to be focused on your strength and power rather than on my weakness and inability. All things are possible through You. You work out everything according to Your will, using ordinary human flesh. You use real people such as Moses, Joshua, and Jeremiah. They seem like such big and mighty men to me, but in reality they were just people learning to follow their God. Teach me how to follow you and how to walk in your strength day by day. Use me as one ordinary woman, empowered by an extraordinary God. Amen." - Debbie Alsdorf

There are so many things to be afraid of. In study today, I had to define "discouraged." I defined it as "to be deprived of confidence hope and spirit." This is in direct contrast to "courageous" which was "to be characterized by bravery." What do people see when they look at me? More importantly, what does God see when He looks at me?

My soul cries out, "God, how am I limiting You in my life today? How do I need to believe You more? I long to be ready for anything and equal to anything through You who infuse your strength in me. Not so people look at me and say how amazing I am, but so that they look at me and say how awesome You are."