Rising Above Fear

Be afraid…be very afraid! The message of fear is everywhere you look or listen these days. Do you hear it? 

Advertising companies are the worst…in the span of approximately 5 minutes of commercials I freaked out when I learned that I may have diabetes, depression, heart problems, toe fungus, shingles and the scariest thing of all is if I open my medicine cabinet, Mike Lindell may be in there…  Seriously, how much does he spend on advertising? OMG, I can’t take it anymore!  If you aren’t a worrisome person, you will be if you let your brain soak in all this crazy hype. 

Pharmaceutical companies should be ashamed of the fear they spread!  Take one of their amazing drugs for anything you suspect you may have.  Even if you are as healthy as a horse, they will eventually persuade you that you need what their products offer…or else you’ll die a slow painful death. Oh, but of course, watch out for those nasty little side effects. There’s a plethora of them that you’ll need yet another pill to fix. Some side effects result in the very problem we started taking the drug for!!!  Are we on a hamster wheel?  

In the state of our nation and politics, fears abound. I don’t even want to get into the idiocy of politics.  The sad part is WE voted these people into office!  They get to choose where our tax dollars go without our opinions or input. 

Just listen to ANY news station for 10 minutes.  Trust me, you’ll get an ear full of “their opinions” of what is going on in the world.  Not truth, but what they’re told their opinions should be. 

There’s plenty to be mad about or in fear of afterwards.  That is, if you opt to believe the words they’re reading (yes reading). It seems “journalists” have no individual thoughts these days, only talking points repeated ad nauseum…  Don’t believe me?  Surf news stories and you can memorize the repetitive talking points of all the talking heads.  I’m always anxious to see what the word of the day will be next.  

Do you worry about giving your true opinion about a situation to someone who has a different opinion?  Will they hate me?  Will they just shut me down once I speak?  Will I be canceled?   Or, will we both choose to search for the truth for ourselves? It’s very sad to me that we can’t trust our media any longer.

Trust me, it didn’t used to be this way.  We could actually have conversations with people whose beliefs were different from ours.  We wouldn’t judge each other, we just accepted the fact that we had different opinions, then just went on with our lives.  Did I mention, I hate TV & social media these days?  We’ve got to stop this insanity and quit believing all of the hype spouted in so many different platforms. Keep scrolling, keep scrolling…

We all remember the days of wearing a mask or die…or cause someone else to die.  Take the vaccine or you will suffer and die…and be the cause of many more deaths. You selfish, inconsiderate common sense thinking person.  

Oh, and don’t you dare use a gas operated car or you will force the world to end in the next year or two. After all, human beings are in charge of the climate.   Did you know that we control all climate changes?  I wonder who was first knucklehead to come to that conclusion? I always thought climate change was winter, spring, summer and fall.

Apparently, God has nothing to do with it anymore.  Heaven only knows that climate has been back & forth with changes since the beginning of time.  Hello….is anyone out there?  News Bulletin: WE DO NOT CONTROL THE WEATHER!!!  How very pompous to think we do have control or that we can do it better than God. The only control we have is how we treat this world of ours.  I believe the majority of the population, no matter what country, agree that taking care of our environment is extremely important.  But, controlling the climate was not assigned to us.  He’s got it.

No matter what side you stand for there are millions of circumstances (beyond your control) to worry & fear about….or not.  Once you realize that there’s not one single thing you can do to change most of these worrisome things, you either worry yourself to death, or you decide God is in control of it all and breathe deeply with peace.  I choose the latter.  Fix what you can and trust Him with things you can’t.

Instead, let’s look for what God is doing.  He’s exposing evil in so many places. Whether we believe it or not, He is in charge.  That truth will be made evident to the world one day.  But, even then people will refuse to believe what is happening.  It makes me sad.

The Bible says “fear not” 365 times…one for each day of the year.  There’s a reason He said not to worry so many times.

First of all, He knows we’re a little slow down here to learn.  Secondly, is you cannot change anything by one second of worrying.  If you don’t have His peace you will worry. Otherwise, just accept and believe the fear and lies vomited out daily that the world is doomed and admit you would rather worry than trust Him.  The decision is and has always been yours.  Whatcha gonna do?  

Just two examples: Ps. 34:4 “I sought the Lord, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.”  2 Timothy 1:7 “For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self control.”  Peace and joy replaces the fear you let go of.

Don’t let fear control your life any longer.  Trust and believe.  I’m not saying it’s easy, but you have control over what goes into your head and out of your mouth…fearful thoughts and words or trusting thoughts and words.  You decide then ask for His help.

Romans 12:2 “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is…..”

Please feel free to give your honest opinion. Agree or disagree.  You will not be judged by me.  Free speech is so important.  Stop the fear and live in peace.  Your body and mind will thank you.