Fear--Danger

I remember when I was young and it would be a dark, windy night. My dad would be working late. We would head off to bed and shortly, after the house quieted down and others went off to sleep, I would hear tree limbs scratching the roof and the side of the house. It's amazing what a young mind can read into those sounds. Sometimes, I would be paralized with fear thinking that someone or some creature was there and coming to get us.

And then I met Jesus and began to realize what a relationship with God meant to me. I did not have to be afraid of the dark, windy nights anymore, because my Dad was there and protecting me. We can cry, "Abba! Father!" He is always ready to hold us and protect us.

"The fear of the Lord leads to life;
one will sleep at night without danger."
Proverbs 19:23