Hello, Everyone. donovin here, with today's thought:
FEAR Or FAITH......Which One Are You Holding Onto?
With all the concerns about COVID-19,
I see there is a sense of fear going around.
When I go to the grocery store and see people with masks on, I wonder if they are infected. Then they look at me without a mask as if I am doomed. There is a lot of mixed emotions about the whole thing and at the end of the day, the choice of how you react to the virus is yours.
Before I thought of the question and title of today's thought...I was thinking of something my mother used to do with my younger sister and me.
How our Mother would take us to the Video store (VHS) and would rent these cheesy zombie movies.
You know these movies. The movie that would have you laughing on the floor beginning to end! Not with my Mother. My sister and I would be eating popcorn in front of the 25-inch console TV (revealing old age) on the grossest parts of the movie. I'd look back at mom on the couch curling up from fear of what was on the screen. Turning back to my sister to say, "Can you pass the popcorn?" Poor Mom, as a teen I had no compassion for her balled up on the couch. "You two are not scared?", our Mother would ask. "Mom, this stuff is fake and unrealistic!" "How are zombies gonna catch up to a jeep going 90 MPH and eat everybody in the jeep and they turn into zombies?!" I said the movies were cheesy. I did say that.
We would then go onto explain the pattens (facts) about the zombie movies and why we weren't scared. We would just laugh. You could see our Mother pondering what we were saying. I think it toughened her about watching these movies and flenched less as time went by.
Why do I share this? Well, it almost seemed COVID-19 came out of nowhere. I never heard of it and I think a lot of us were still in shock over Kobe Bryant's passing. Now we are forced to pay attention when the Coronavirus hits the United States. Still uncertain of what it is and seeing the aftermath(?) in China.
When the government started with mandates and the grocery stores shelves empty of toilet paper, etc. I was scared. My imagination went traveling and I thought this is some pre-zombie movie stuff.
But I had to claim down and ask that question, "What am I going to hold onto? Fear or Faith?
Fear is a tricky monster. In the Bible, Fear can be seen as False Evidence Appearing Real. God always tells us to do something when we feel fearful. Investigate. Get the facts. Face the facts
When we investigate and discern what to do next, that fear gets smaller and can disappear in most cases. We also get the strength to continue living our lives. Sure, a lot of us are in quarantine. Some more than others. But Life is still going on and we adjust. We push through with FAITH that things will be alright. Holding onto faith eases the fear. It doesn't mean we act carelessly, but accordingly.
When my sister and I broke down the pattens of the zombie movies to our Mom, that didn't stop her from renting them and us going to the movies and seeing other stupid 'horror' movies. Mom no longer jumped or balled up. She caught on and saw the pattern too.
Do you see the pattern?
When things come up in our lives, and they will come. What will be your F.E.A.R. definition?
F.E.A.R. = Face Everything and Run
F.E.A.R. = Face Everything and Rise
Rise is defined in the dictionary; to wake up, stand up, go to a higher place or increase in amount.
No matter what comes our way in life, we can rise to the challenge before us.
When you look back at your life, don't you remember the times you overcame fear and went onto and/or became someone better?
Don't let this be any different! Keep the Faith for Rising over all of life's situations.
Thank you,
donovin - P&S
FEAR Or FAITH......Which One Are You Holding Onto?
With all the concerns about COVID-19,
I see there is a sense of fear going around.
When I go to the grocery store and see people with masks on, I wonder if they are infected. Then they look at me without a mask as if I am doomed. There is a lot of mixed emotions about the whole thing and at the end of the day, the choice of how you react to the virus is yours.
Before I thought of the question and title of today's thought...I was thinking of something my mother used to do with my younger sister and me.
How our Mother would take us to the Video store (VHS) and would rent these cheesy zombie movies.
We would then go onto explain the pattens (facts) about the zombie movies and why we weren't scared. We would just laugh. You could see our Mother pondering what we were saying. I think it toughened her about watching these movies and flenched less as time went by.
Why do I share this? Well, it almost seemed COVID-19 came out of nowhere. I never heard of it and I think a lot of us were still in shock over Kobe Bryant's passing. Now we are forced to pay attention when the Coronavirus hits the United States. Still uncertain of what it is and seeing the aftermath(?) in China.
When the government started with mandates and the grocery stores shelves empty of toilet paper, etc. I was scared. My imagination went traveling and I thought this is some pre-zombie movie stuff.
But I had to claim down and ask that question, "What am I going to hold onto? Fear or Faith?
When we investigate and discern what to do next, that fear gets smaller and can disappear in most cases. We also get the strength to continue living our lives. Sure, a lot of us are in quarantine. Some more than others. But Life is still going on and we adjust. We push through with FAITH that things will be alright. Holding onto faith eases the fear. It doesn't mean we act carelessly, but accordingly.
When my sister and I broke down the pattens of the zombie movies to our Mom, that didn't stop her from renting them and us going to the movies and seeing other stupid 'horror' movies. Mom no longer jumped or balled up. She caught on and saw the pattern too.
Do you see the pattern?
When things come up in our lives, and they will come. What will be your F.E.A.R. definition?
F.E.A.R. = Face Everything and Run
F.E.A.R. = Face Everything and Rise
Rise is defined in the dictionary; to wake up, stand up, go to a higher place or increase in amount.
No matter what comes our way in life, we can rise to the challenge before us.
When you look back at your life, don't you remember the times you overcame fear and went onto and/or became someone better?
Don't let this be any different! Keep the Faith for Rising over all of life's situations.
That's my thoughts for today. Let me know what you think. I would love to hear your thoughts.
If you think this can help out someone...please share it.
Thank you,
donovin - P&S
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Hey, donovin, good to see you putting out fuel here to keep us encouraged - this is what everyone is thinking about! While the pandemic is serious, you're right that fear is the bigger and deeper problem. Thanks for the fiction vs. fact example with zombies. It highlights how we tend to be feeling-driven rather than truth-seeking. I would add that the flip-side of the fear coin is denial, which was many peoples' reaction, but I see that going away. My takeaway will be how I expeerience being at the grocery store, that whether or not I have a mask, I will be about faith not fear. Thanks, brother!
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