Don’t Be Afraid
This poem came to me one day while I was standing at the kitchen sink washing dishes. I had a sheet of paper in a plastic sleeve stuck to the window in front of the sink so I could read inspiring and encouraging scripture verses to myself (when I remembered) while washing dishes.
I read Isaiah 41:10, ‘Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. I will help you. I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.’ It was like God speaking to me, reminding me that he is with me, he is holding me up, I can trust him, there is no need to be afraid. I don’t know about you, but this is definitely something I need to be reminded of on a regular basis.
The first draft of this poem was originally written in December 2007 at a time when life was still a huge struggle for us – it’s better now because we trust God more, are more relaxed in the place God has us and not fighting against it like we were, we now know some of what we are dealing with and with God’s help, handle it a lot better and things have just got slowly better.
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