Good Evening,
Today in church was a discussion and talk about fear. We all have fears, even superheroes had fears, families have fears, and even Jesus had a fear.
Fear is an incredibly common thing among all the residents of the green Earth. We all have a fear of something.
For me, it's spiders and dogs... I've always had a huge fear of spiders and believe me if I see one on our trip to Cozumel... I'm turning myself around and saying: Uh... No.
My fear of dogs began when I was 2 years old and I was bit. My friend Megan P.'s dog bit me and that hurt. Thanks Megan.
But fear is something that comes with the integrity of our lives and how we play our cards down the road. Fear is something that comes natural with our lives and we're all going to have it.
Phobias come in all shapes and sizes:
Algophobia is the fear of pain.
Bibliophobia is the fear of books.
Catagelophobia is the fear of being ridiculed.
Cynophobia is the fear of dogs.
Doxophobia is the fear of opinions.
Kopophobia is the fear of fatigue.
There's over 40,000 listed phobias. Everyone's got one. Why not make Pittsaphobia... Fear of Pittsburgans... or Ohiaphobia... Fear of Ohioans... Or how about Baltimophobia... Fear of Baltimoreans.
Some you can just make up, some of real, or... some... just don't make sense.
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Jesus himself, probably had a fear of being alone, that's why he always had his disciples with him as they were his followers.
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But why am I talking about fear?
Fear is something we have to deal with everyday of our lives and not only that, it's part of who we are.... there are many pieces of us we won't necessarily understand but... fear is what we have to deal with day in and day out.
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And Jesus, I pray that we can overcome our fears... Fears are difficult... Fears are painful... We either have the fear of seeing some crazy... or seeing a pickle... doesn't matter. Fears are tough... Help us all to overcome the fears and phobias of life each day.
Amen.
~ Joshua
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