Fear and hope, the war over the heart.

I wrote this before my head injury a couple of weeks ago, I found my self reading this often because of all my fear and anxiety, hope this might help you. In the midst of a trial, fear can come in and grip the heart to where you can’t think about anything else but our pain. Instead of putting the hope of the Lord in our hearts, we let fear and anxiety come in? Why? For me, I was always letting fear to come in my heart and I was constantly tormented by evil thoughts things NOT from the Lord. Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” See we have hope in His name, and He knows the future. We get so worried and start wanting to control the future and thinking we know best but that is false! God’s plan for us is perfect, I know for me I need to be reminded of this on a daily bases it's easy to given in to thoughts of “will I get my strength back”, “will I be in the hospital again?” There are so many uncertainties in life but there is one thing we can always rely on His promises! Isaiah 41:10 10 So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. John 8:36 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. These are just a couple of His promises there are so many more! Fear has lost its hold it's on me when I put Jesus first when He in front! So be full of joy brothers and sisters because God is for us so who can be against us? My strength comes from the Lord and I shall not be dismayed. Remember the creator of the universe loves us and is for us, fear has lost! So hold on to His promises for He is faithful!

                    Forever His,

                       Maddie Cansler