No Fear

It has been a while since I have had the opportunity to write. My best friend of 13 years was here for the past 2 weeks, and we have had quite an exciting time exploring Europe. We even have the sunburn to prove it! ( I know, hard to imagine finding sun in Europe at this time of year) During one of our many long car trips the topic of fear came up.

As a military wife, fear is at our doorstep on a daily basis, especially when our spouse is deployed. Our spouses have dangerous jobs, no one can deny that. Yet, I live each day knowing that I have no reason to fear. Many question how this is possible. How, when there are so many variables that are out of our control, can I say without a doubt that I am not fearful? My answer is always God. My trust in the Lord is the only reason I can live a life free of fear.

When my husband and I started dating, he asked that I read a book by Chuck Holton titled "Bulletproof." It was not until I read this book that I fully understood a fear free life. I highly recommend this book to anyone struggling with fear in their life. The basic idea of the book can be summed up in a quote from Jim Elliot, the missionary to the Auca Indians killed in 1956. He wrote, "You are immortal until your work is finished." Basically, you and I, my husband, your spouse, your family, we are all bulletproof, immortal, until the day God declares our job finished, our mission complete. This also means that our job, our mission is a lifelong task, not to be completed in an instant, but to last a lifetime, however long that life may be.

Matthew 6:27 says, "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?" Psalm 139:16 says, "All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." No amount of worrying will help our situation, because we do not know our future, but God does. Only God can see what will happen in an hour or a day or 5, 10, 20 years from now. Fear only restricts us. It ties us down, disabling us from the many amazing, inspiring things we can do to brighten someone elses day.

Fear shuts us down, locks the doors, closes the windows, and if we let it, puts us in a straight jacket keeping us from living a full life. Don't let fear get you down. Trust the Lord, and make every day count!


(Shout out to my husband, thank you for the happiest 2 years of my life. Happy Anniversary!)