No Fear

Last night around 8ish we had a terrible storm. It was not one that passed by quickly ether but I must say for certain that God had his protective wings over my hubby and I. Although the outside was almost pitch black, the wind was going 80 miles per hour if not more, and there were Tornado warnings. It had no effect on us. We didn't even lose power. I used a flashlight at one point to do some reading while my hubby watched the news on the storm but that was just for fun hehe. Around 9:30 or so the wind had died down yay but we noticed it was heading right in my hubbies parents direction...So we called them. They are safe too. No bad news. :) Praise the Lord. Now I could be over excited about how we came out of this storm, maybe more excited then others. But I figure that is becuase I have never experienced anything like this before. I have never been right in middle of a Tornado warning location and I have never been so sure of Gods promises that he has my hubby and I covered.

Psalms 91 is what kepted my mind on track when I wanted to fear the storm around my hubby and I. This chapter has just come alive to me over the last few weeks and I feel God knew I would need it. I'm so glad I took the time to listen to him. Growing up I had always struggled with fear. I was afraid of the dark, sleeping over at others houses, what others thought about me, being alone, our house being broken into again (it happened once but no one was home thankfully...) I was even afraid of being left behind if the Lord returned. These fears paralyzed me, I could not sleep unless I had a light on, I could not sleep b/c every noise in the house would make me jump, I could not sleep cause I had to check every so often to make sure my parents were still there and not gone b/c the Lord returned and I was left behind. The devil had me bound so tight. Anyways Psalms 91 was first brought to my attention after our house was broken in to. My Grandma (who is now with the Lord) told me to read it everynight that I had no need to fear cause like these verses said the Lord was with me. Whom shell I fear! That's basically all I got out of Psalms 91 for such a long time. I never chose to really dig deeper into it, meditate on it, consume it for all its worth. Its so much more then just a God is with me and protects me...yay! There are so many specific promises of protection that are made within this chapter, promises that cause me to live by faith when storms come. I needed to remember these promises word for word that's how it was going to help me. ("So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." Romans 10:17.) Anyways I'm still growing in my faith, still growing in my relationship with the God and thanks to him I have been delivered from my fears. It all started at a youth group meeting one Friday night, the week of 9/11 to be exact. Once 9/11 happened my fears started to rise. I was tired by this point of always worrying and being afraid of so much. So I told God how I did not want to be living in this bondage to fear anymore it was not of him...I needed to be set free. That was my Friday afternoon prayer, Friday night our youth Pastor did a talk on making God our foundation and how so many people who's foundation was on money, the business, their job, maybe their family member that was now missing or killed where now unstable. He then did an alter call for those who wanted God to be there foundation on which they stood. A foundation that would never be shaken. I took that step of faith. I felt such a relive from fear that night and it was the turning point in my life. I had been set free. Anyways I've gone on a lot more then I think I intended too. So till later remember Gods word is Good and we need to dig deep into it...And not just read it at service level thats what I'v been learning. (if that makes sence)