tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7883008567656405819.post8442251473387891337..comments2023-05-03T09:09:09.878-05:00Comments on finding free: Change: Your FearsLaurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17237691752706593672noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7883008567656405819.post-51017334359173365382011-10-06T00:37:16.122-05:002011-10-06T00:37:16.122-05:00I'm with Nicole... so many people think my lif...I'm with Nicole... so many people think my life is perfect and so many people expect a lot of me because they know I can deliver. And I like being someone who can be counted upon, but I don't like when that turns into expecting me to handle everything.<br /><br />The best and most recent example I can think of to illustrate this is a girl who, upon discovering that I have a good memory for details most people would forget, expected me to remember everything she mentioned about her life.<br /><br />I get so tired of people's expectations, but I get more tired from holding the fear that I'll fail them. That when I can't deliver sometimes, on something I said I'd do, that I've failed as a person.<br /><br />It's then I need and am generally given the reminder that <i>self-sufficiency is not an indication of strength</i>.<br /><br />In fact, I would argue the opposite, because it's in our weakness that <i>He</i> is shown strong. Allowing myself to be weak and let Him carry me is a gift of grace, a grace that says, "Your willingness is enough, your brokenness is what's needed. Mine is the strength and the glory."<br /><br />It's that grace that slowly takes down, brick by brick, that wall that holds my fears to me.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05993362069091791525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7883008567656405819.post-68405525181651588852011-10-05T08:30:40.354-05:002011-10-05T08:30:40.354-05:00Well said....may God continue to guide your steps ...Well said....may God continue to guide your steps into His plan for your future!Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13919122463211555221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7883008567656405819.post-35874007443998041072011-10-05T07:28:46.184-05:002011-10-05T07:28:46.184-05:00Nicole, I love this. Let's live in His peace. ...Nicole, I love this. Let's live in His peace. :)Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17237691752706593672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7883008567656405819.post-31345107393114917362011-10-04T20:30:36.569-05:002011-10-04T20:30:36.569-05:00Wow, that was amazing Lauren! :) Thanks for sharin...Wow, that was amazing Lauren! :) Thanks for sharing!!~April~https://www.blogger.com/profile/00927595932580249523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7883008567656405819.post-79461156342607270612011-10-04T15:26:33.732-05:002011-10-04T15:26:33.732-05:00The last few years of my high school career I got ...The last few years of my high school career I got the nickname at home from my brother and a neighbor... "The Chosen One". Tell me that THAT didn't send me flying into insecurity. Everyone has always held me so high. Everyone always has such high expectations for me. I have been scared to death to let anyone down. I have been scared to death that if anyone REALLY knew me and the things that I have done or the way that I have failed I would be the biggest disappointment to everyone. The Lord has really worked in my life recently. He has been speaking things over me and I have learned so much in the past... but, there was one aspect of my Christian walk where I refused to give God the authority to be the boss. I recently handed over those reigns and I am finally understanding what it truly means to live in God's peace. Even though I have failed so much. In my relationship, in friendships, and even in general I know that the Lord takes me back. I know that He died on the cross for me. And I know that no matter who forgives me, who judges me, or who is disappointed in me, that I have made things right with the Lord and I am living in His will. My fears are falling away. Praise Jesus!Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08518014035115413679noreply@blogger.com