“When we are free from fear, we are finally free to live.”

A thought by Erwin Raphael McManus (2003-09-04) from his book, Uprising: A Revolution of the Soul (Kindle Locations 1466-1467). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition.

I have been going through something that I haven’t gone through for a while. I am retired, but my wife. Margaret is still working and will probably be working for another 8 or 9 years. Now I have usually lived with the idea that no matter what did we would make it. I have lived really without fear but I’m not really doing so well now. I’m having some fear of when we are both retired if we will have enough.

We have moved many different times clear across the country to start a new church with no sense of fear. We did it because we believed God was calling us to do it. We didn’t do it for us but we did it for Him. He has always taken care of us. Our faith has always been rewarded.

Now this blog has been a good time of reflection. I started writing this earlier in a coffee shop in Old Pasadena which is about a mile and a half away. I stopped writing and had the sense that I needed to start walking home and start praying and reflecting on what I was feeling and fearing. What I came up with is that fear no matter what it is robs us of really living and that God is still interested in my life even at 65+ and He will take care of me. No matter what is ahead, He can be trusted.

I needed that reinforced in my life at this stage of my life.

What about you?

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