So scared...

[saraharms1]

Normally I'm an optimistic person... I don't usually think about bad things happening and look at the good in everything but lately thats been hard with all this junk on my mind. Mainly I've been scared. I hate admitting it but I am. I alwayz hit a rough spot in the year. Things go from good to really really sucky... Right now I'm just getting scared at whats going to happen next. My life has always been a rollercoaster or just confusing... because I know I have so much to be happy about and thankful for because I know I'm blessed with a lot but then theres other things that make me sad and upset.

But about being scared... last summer I lost two close family members in less than a month and half's time and nearly lost another. Right now I'm so scared of losing someone else I love. Last summer at the beginning God warned me things were going to get rough but I knew he was telling me that to prepare me and get me ready. Right now I don't know if I can take another summer that ended like that and I've been so scared of whats going to happen. I know I shouldn't live in fear but its so hard to right now.

Any words of encouragement? Advice? comments?



Sarah

 

[Onlythingavailable]

I'm sorry you've been through so much. I thought about typing some words of comfort, but then I remembered a verse that says it so much better than I ever could:

Matthew 6:34:
34Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

I will pray for you. May God grant you the peace you need.

 

[saraharms1]

thanks for the kind words!

 

[heymikey80]

Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. 1 Pt 5:5b-7

 

[AWorkInProgress]

Heya sister,

I don't know for certain what is causing your fear. I do have an old theory I can share thou.

Close family members may have been more important to you than just love of relatives. They could have been support columns to your overal emotional foundation. Did you share good times and talk to them about problems you had? Fear maybe the worry of losing more loved ones and columns to your emotional foundation.

Encouragement, they live thru you. You carry them wherever you go, their love and friendship. They have never left you for they are a part of you.

Have to ask yourself, would they want you to live in fear because of their departure of this world? What would they want for you?

 

[TrinityLives]

I too am saddened to hear your struggling. Many of us here have struggles in all kinds of areas that has led us to fear, shyness, anger, abusive natures etc.
When I am frightened I am reminded that worry and concern for tomorrow is not trusting the Lord.
Yes bad things may occur but take comfort in the Lord because HE is always there.
Its so hard sometimes to articulate everything on a computer, but the Lord comforts those who mourn.

I had a terrible time with my family up until last year. I still sit and wonder what attack is coming, but then I try, ( try the key word) to remember my worry is not showing trust in the Lord. So I say to myself " The Lord takes care of your enemies" and I take comfort in that.
We tend to forget that satan is our enemy and he can play a big role in the events in our lives. God only allows so much, but we tend to grow and learn and sometimes find peace in each attempt from satan if we keep our eyes focused on the Lord.

I would rebuke those feelings of worry or being scared when they come and pray. Ask God to help you when your feeling that way. Its always great to talk to your Christian brothers and sisters as well but I would start with a chat with the Lord first.

There is nothing I can say or type that will give you immediate comfort, but there is comfort in the Lord.

This is exactly what can separate the believers from non-beleivers. I see many Christians who while dealing with strife in their live truly smiling and seeming to be content. Even when all around them is crashing down. Its our faith in Jesus Christ that gives us that peace.

Sorry to babble so much, I feel sometimes God just puts me on a role haha.

Hugs and Prayers
PM me anytime ok? Or if you have yahoo IM
I am CureEndoNow

 

[TrinityLives]

Here is something I post on my locker at work

In The Valleys I Grow​

Sometimes life seems hard to bear,
Full of sorrow, trouble and woe
It's then I have to remember
That it's in the valleys I grow.
If I always stayed on the mountain top
And never experienced pain,
I would never appreciate God's love
And would be living in vain.
I have so much to learn
And my growth is very slow,
Sometimes I need the mountain tops,
But it's in the valleys I grow.
I do not always understand
Why things happen as they do,
But I am very sure of one thing.
My Lord will see me through.
My little valleys are nothing
When I picture Christ on the cross
He went through the valley of death;
His victory was Satan's loss.
Forgive me Lord, for complaining
When I'm feeling so very low.
Just give me a gentle reminder
That it's in the valleys I grow.
Continue to strengthen me, Lord
And use my life each day
To share your love with others
And help them find their way.
Thank you for valleys, Lord
For this one thing I know.
The mountain tops are glorious
But it's in the valleys I grow!
Remember...
The shortest distance between a problem and a solution is the distance between your knees and the floor. The one who kneels to the Lord, can stand up to anything.

 

[saraharms1]

Thanks everyone for the advice, bible verses and encouragement... I don't think you really know how much that means to me.



Sarah