ride them as much as I did. Why? Well the main reason was fear. I may get
hurt, or “gasp” die. Over the past few
years, God has been showing me that my fear is ridiculous. So I faced my fears and began to ride the
thrill rides again. There has been one
ride called the exscream that I've held out on riding. I couldn't make myself
ride it. It was too “scary”; I still had
too much fear. This past summer, when I
went to the amusement park, I decided to bite the fear monster. As I watched the ride, I could see that it
was pretty simple; it lifts you in the air and lets you fall, but it always
slows you down before you get to the ground.
So I decided that it was pretty safe, after all I knew how it
ended. As I thought about this, I
thought about other times in life that fear has held me in its grasp. Friends the Bible tell us again and again
that we have nothing to fear if we are God’s child and trust him; after all he
has defeated the enemy, the devil and death. If the absolute worst that can
ever happen in any situation is that we would die; how is that bad for us as a
Christian? It’s not bad; just
unknown. We know how it ends! We have absolutely nothing to fear. Meet fear head on and enjoy the ride. If we belong to God, Satan can’t stop us. We
already know the end of the story, and he was, is, and will be defeated.
To the one we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, an aroma that brings life. 2Corinthians 2:16 Last break! The shift was almost over. Then the unthinkable happened, this man appeared out of nowhere wanting to know where the flashlights were kept. As we were on our way to the flashlights, I noticed that this man had a very strong odor. I thought perhaps I could get in front of him so that the smell would not be as strong. That, however, was not to be either since; he insisted on keeping pace and walking right beside me. By the time we got to where the flashlights were; I was practically running just to keep ahead of him. I showed him the flashlights and made a hasty exit. If you’re like me, you shower and even put on perfume or cologne so that you will not stink. We are concerned that the smell coming from our body is not offensive to others. As I write this, I wonder if we are as concerned with our spiritual aroma as ...
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