The stress of the unknown weighted me anxious. I had an opportunity to pursue … a decision to make. A stirring deep within concocted a desire to explore. I didn’t know why, but I knew that I must.

I knew that good would come from the exploration. Earth-shattering change was not eminent. Altering my life was not required; but inspection, scrutiny and analysis of situation and self demanded action. Yet, I froze … suspended in a nebula of confusion and fear.

Questions that I did not want to answer hovered. Undesirable scenarios loomed. A visual of potential hurt feelings flashed in my mind’s eye. Threats of failure danced around me. Doubts circled and sang what-if?

I locked eyes with a Godly friend and whined.

“I need someone to make this decision for me. Tell me what to do and I’ll do it.”

“Explore it,” she decided … quickly. Too quickly for my liking.

“I was hoping for a different answer,” I sighed.

Then, she offered instruction. “Take fear out of the equation. Now, what do you want to do?”

I smiled. “I want to see what this is really about.”

She returned my smile with one of her own, “Then, that’s what you do.”

So I explored. And I learned. And I grew.

In its unhealthy form, fear is, at best, an obstacle … at worst, it is an agent of paralysis and atrophy. When removed from the equation, fear is left without power and the right choice rises to the surface.

“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.” Hebrews 10:23-25 NASB.

So friend … what decision(s) do you need to make? Is fear keeping you from moving forward? What would you do, if fear was removed from the equation?

By Angela, Womb Woven and Wonderfully Made

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