Food For The Soul

“For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” (2 Timothy 1:7)

Just as the saying goes:  In order to see the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain by Dolly Parton, it is a reminder that in life we should learn to face or better yet embrace our fears.  Afterall, courage is not the absence of fear but it’s doing what you fear the most.  Actually, my greatest fear is to leave this world when my daughter is still young and helpless to be on her own.  As a parent, that really is something unimaginable for me.  That is why, I really make it a point to enjoy every single moment with my daughter for time is fleeting and no one really knows what is yet to come.  To overcome this fear, I lift up all my anxieties and worries to the Lord and do my best to be positive.

My other fear is if I totally lose my vision.  I have this rare eye disease called Terrien’s Marginal Degeneration because of this I am visually impaired.  This is the reason why I truly make the most out of my schooling for I am truly grateful  that my eyes are still functioning pretty well though I am visually impaired.  For graduate school really requires a lot of reading and research.  Most of all, my fear is to just exist and not live life to the fullest preventing me to be the person God meant me to be.

Having fears are inevitable.  I really haven’t met anyone without a single fearful bone in his or her body.  It is really part of our journey in life but what really matters is what we do to face or overcome these fears. In my journey, I have learned  that God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7).

Hi Everyone,

Hope everything is well on your end.  I know that some of us may have awaken on the wrong side of the bed or such weather gave us a bed weather (struggling to get out of bed)--- well, here are some food for the soul or spiritual vitamins to fuel or charge you:

"He who has a WHY to live for can bear with almost any how."--- Nietzsche

"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us." --Viktor Frankl

Bye for now and May God's favor be with you!