WHY AM I AFRAID
I read an article in which someone described fear as F alse E vidence A ppearing R eal. At first I was not really sure if I could believe this or make sense out of it, but an experience changed my mind. One fine Sunday morning during the sermon, my pastor said that most people are afraid of things that are afraid of them. I believe my pastor is inspired of God and knows what she is saying, but I kept asking myself, how could this be true. After thinking for some time I totally forgot about it. Couple of days later when I got home from work, I felt something ran across my feet. It turned out to be a rat and I was so terrified that I ran trembling with fear. When I finally calmed down I heard a voice within me say, did you notice the rat was running away from you and not towards you? You are the rightful occupant of the house and the rat knows it is an intruder. That is why it was running away and that got me thinking some more. I am physically, psychologically & in every ot