What to do with Fear
Adventure & Paralyzing Fear
When an Exciting Adventure Leads to PARALYZING FEAR . . . Because You Cannot See the Future.
There is Lots of Fun in an Adventure, But Also Lots of Unknowns.
Jerusalem Church Leaders' Distrusted Paul
When Fear of the Unknown Gripped Paul's Heart
The Apostle Paul knew he faced an unknown, namely, the unknown reaction to him, by the Jerusalem church leaders.
And Paul’s response? He sought prayer from his friends.
Romans 15:30 HCSB
Now I appeal to you, brothers, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to join with me in fervent prayers to God on my behalf.
Facing the Unknown Naturaly Moves us Towards Fear.
THERE’S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT, IN FACT, IT’S A NORMAL REACTION.
While fear is not from God. I think God UNASHAMEDLY USES FEAR to strengthen our faith in Him.
The challenge is not THAT YOU FEAR. The real challenge is what are you going to do WITH THE FEAR?
And there are only 2 choices:
- You can roll the “fears” over and over again in your brain.
— The result is Despair. - Or, you can SUBMIT YOURSELF to the God who is sovereign.
— The result is Peace.
Knowing your whole life is changing AND YOU DON’T CLEARLY SEE the next step/s, begs you to:
- consider and consider, to
- wonder and wonder, to
- figure and figure, to
- imagine and imagine, and to
- GO PARALYZINGLY CRAZY in your mind.
But the truth is, there is only 1 solution.
Submit to the Lord
You might think that solution, “submitting to God” is a cop-out.
Keep reading.
Before I Show You Our Updated Adventures, which prompted so much emotion this last week, let me ask you like Paul did his friends, in Romans 15:30 . . .
For the sake of & the witness of Christ in our lives, and
By the love which the Holy Spirit inspires you to have for us,
Pray earnestly to God for us.
I even ask you to gather with your loved ones, and/or
Your prayer partners and agonize in prayer to God for us,
That our unknowns will strengthen our resolve, our faith muscle,
Especially when the evil one prompts paralyzing fear.
Why Retire to Italy?
Please Take the Time to Enjoy These Photos
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Being a “reader” the only scary thing in the pictures was the info on the castle written in Italian (?) that I could not read! Of course, multiply that hundreds of times over and that could be terrifying!
All kidding aside, we pray for GOD’s will and way to open to you every single time you “need to know.”
HE is worthy of all Praise and Glory and TRUST.
May HE continue to use you two to witness to HIS Truth and to be His hands and feet.
We love y’all!
Thank you, Susie. We covet your prayers.
BTW, i found a great app to translate signs.
Here’s the translation:
la piazza principale del paese è dominata dal Castello Piccolomini, che prende il nome dai feudatari che lo edificarono nel Quattrocento, piantato direttamente sulla roccia del monte, ristrutturato alla fine del Seicento, come attestano le iscrizioni incise sulle bocche da fuoco dei cannoni, quando il paese era feudo dei Medici di Firenze. La porta che funge da ingresso del castello, che attualmente ospita il Comune di Capestrano, è stata aperta nel 1924: per vedere l’ingresso originario, che dà su una suggestiva piazza d’armi, è necessario girare attorno al complesso fortificato ed ai suoi bastioni cilindrici. La torre quadrangolare del castello domina la parte vecchia del paese, con le sue case torri e le strette vie medievali, le stesse che videro nascere, nel 1386, e crescere, San Giovanni Giantedeschi, il francescano che attraversò come un cicloneil suo secolo, fino a morire nella Belgrado assediata dai turchi nel 1456.
Translated with DeepL https://www.deepl.com/app/?utm_source=android&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=share-translation
Sorry . . .
the main square of the town is dominated by the Piccolomini Castle, named after the feudal lords who built it in the fourteenth century, planted directly on the rock of the mountain and renovated in the late seventeenth century, as attested by the inscriptions engraved on the cannon mouths, when the town was a fief of the Medici of Florence. The gate that serves as the entrance to the castle, which currently houses the Capestrano Municipality, was opened in 1924.To see the original entrance, which overlooks a striking parade ground, it is necessary to walk around the fortified complex and its cylindrical ramparts. The quadrangular tower of the castle dominates the old part of the town, with its tower houses and narrow medieval streets, the same streets that saw the birth, in 1386, and growth, of St. John Giantedeschi, the Franciscan who went through his century like a cyclone, until he died in the Turkish-besieged Belgrade in 1456.
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