The End of What?

My intro will be short, but I do feel I should tell you how sorry I am for my long absence. I do not, however, have the time to explain the many reasons. For now, I will just say that I have the flu and it has kept me occupied since Sunday.

What got me back on here?

Well, I watched part of The Green Lantern with my Dad a few minutes ago. I had never seen it before and didn't know anything about it. In it, the evil feeds off of the fear of others.

So that was kind of running through my head when I went in to check on my little sis who is also sick. She mentioned that tomorrow is or should I say, some people think it might be, "the end of the world."

I couldn't help but wonder how many people are living in fear right now. Fear that their lives will end. Or simply in fear of the unknown.

I don't particularly have a profound thought or a special way to say this, but I am so thankful that my life is not dependent on the intulectual abilities of the Mayans and their calendars.

I know that my life is solely in the hands of a kind and loving, all-knowing, caregiver. God holds my life and nothing can pluck me out of His hands.

Fear is not something I have to live under. And it does not have power over me. Sometimes I fall into it, it can be very easy, but I know that Christ has overcome evil.

"My sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand." John 10:27-29

"For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:38-39

These verses came to mind. They talk about God's protection over His children. How comforting it is to know that God is protecting me.

Anyway, to wrap up this short post, I was just thinking, what am I fearing? Maybe not death, ultimately, but what day to day "little" things do I fear?

God will still hold me in His hand whether the world ends tomorrow or not.
(fyi, I don't believe it will because of the Mayans)

But I have been thinking how important it is not to let fear take hold of us. We do not have to fear the unknown. And so all I would say in closing would be this, if tomorrow is the end of anything, make it the end of fear in your life.

~ A Song of Joy