Why I choose faith over fear in the midst of tragedies like the mass shootings in Tennessee and Alabama or Ralph Yarl’s shooting is simply because of my trust and hope in God. The God I serve is faithful and without faith it’s impossible to please Him. I am learning to turn my faith on high alert when receiving devastating news like these because I refuse to let fear take over my life. Faith has carried me through too many difficult life experiences to let fear reign in my heart and mind.
Why I choose faith over fear in the midst of it all is simply because of my marriage. Hubby and I have had our share of marital struggles but ultimately, we understood that we were not fighting against each other but against a common enemy that wants to kill, steal and destroy our marriage. We are choosing each day to carry faith in God as a banner for our marriage because we have learned that’s the only way to have a successful marriage.
Why I choose faith over fear is simply because I owe it to my children to create an atmosphere of peace at home. I am a firm believer in training my children to be aware that real life happens to all of us and to be open to be vehicle of God’s love, joy and peace where needed. We live in a time when safeguarding their innocent heart while opening their eyes within age appropriateness to tragedies in the world around us is how Hubby and I are training princess warriors!
Why I choose faith over fear is simply because of God’s calling on my life. My heart is for God to use me to inspire and empower others to see love and hope when all seems dire. I used to feel powerless when I heard devastating news thinking that there is nothing I can do as just one person until watching an ant changed my perspective.
Everyone knows that ants can carry things much larger than themselves, up to 50 times their own weight. As a human it’s hard to fathom how they do it. Research shows that an ant’s strength to lift many times its weight actually depends on its small size. With an exoskeleton, the external skeleton that supports and protects an animal’s body, the smaller the insect is, the less burden it has in supporting its own tissue and thus it can routinely lift proportionally larger burdens.
I found the research fascinating as I started to see myself through the power of an ant. In my own power, there is really so little I can do with so many tragedies that seem to now occur too often for my own taste. Faith activates my eyes to see God as my exoskeleton, the external layer that supports and protects me. As I started to humble myself and rely less in my own power and more in His power, the less burden I began having in supporting my own abilities and thus enabling God to routinely lift proportionally larger burdens in my life.
Every time I choose faith over fear, I surrender my all for God’s all. I take my eyes off of me or the circumstances that surround me and focus instead on the lives and families affected. Each of us has the power to change the world starting where we are, using what we have, and doing what we can and letting each choice we make reflect a faith that inspires rather than a fear that cripples.
The WELLthy Mom NODte:”Let each choice we make reflect a faith that inspires rather than a fear that cripples.” -Nathalie O’Donald
Lauren , even being a Mom for a couple seconds qualifies you.
What a sweet and wonderful story! I don’t know if I can share a story of a Mom struggle being turned into a Mom strength since I’ve been a Mom for a year, but I do look forward to reading the stories of other women.
thank you so much and I hope the stories inspire you as much as they inspire me!