our hope in fear. | kellyadkins.com

Last week, I was afraid.

I worried my ideas wouldn’t work out, my plans wouldn’t go well, my thoughts wouldn’t be right.

How can I start, I asked Mike, when I’m scared I can’t finish?

The Pastor held my hand across the table.

The fear is where the Jesus is, he said.

So often I forget this — asking for a path that needs no Guide, searching for a calling with no need of the One who calls.

But Christ can only pour into the spaces I’ve not already filled with myself.

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Kelly T.

March 5, 2013 at 7:25 am · Reply

Such a comforting thought , especially in times of fear .
Kathy Hejl Fox

March 5, 2013 at 12:54 pm · Reply

A lesson I am learning each and every day. Thank you for your transparency. You put into words what my heart often feels.
Tracie

March 5, 2013 at 6:29 pm · Reply

Thank you for this, “The fear is where the Jesus is”

I needed that reminder today.
- Kelly (Author)
  
  March 6, 2013 at 12:19 pm · Reply
  
  glad it was something you needed, Tracie. Thanks for reading.
Joann

March 7, 2013 at 1:04 am · Reply

One of my fears is that I won’t finish the race well. That I’ll poop out in the end and throw in the towel. Ah, but Jesus is there. He’s always cheering me on. When I was in high school I had a simple prayer on my locker door, “Father, give me strength to survive the struggles” and 30 + years later He Is.

Have a great rest of the week.
Blessings, Jo
- Kelly (Author)
  
  March 7, 2013 at 7:47 am · Reply
  
  That is the cry of my and my husband’s heart as well — that we’ll finish the race well. May God give us both courage and grace to do so.
Juliana Jaskold

March 8, 2013 at 8:58 pm · Reply

and perfect love casts out fear…and only He is perfect….daily we turn fear into faith…