Out of the Dark
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Fear haunted me, taunted me, daunted me. I was not the overcomer, but the overcome. Fear played with me the way a kitten might toy with a mouse, eventually leaving the mouse despondent, discouraged, darkened by the cold, black dread that was a living horror, one that sought to awaken the nightmares of the soul. This fear that I struggled with was like a dripping faucet. It was constantly reminding me that I would never know the quietness of a mind who is peaceful and flowing with serenity. I was a bundle of nerves. Anxieties colored my thoughts in electrifying shades of black and I couldn’t hold back the whispers inside my head that told me I would be better off dead. This was a living hell even though I knew, deep down, that the real hell was much worse. Finally, there were pills created to ruin mania and depression, the screams of darkness that pillaged my soul with devastating fears and fright that fought to feed me to the wolves, to a slow and solemn death. With the pills, there were prayers prayed to the One who would eventually lead me out of the darkness into the light and the insight that taught me love was a living, breathing embrace from the heart of God and I was His child, one who would learn to praise Him in the storms and find my solace from every fear in the warmth of His love. I believe that fear, instead of hate, is the opposite of love and when we take the hand of the One who is love the dance of life awakens the most beautiful joy within so we can finally leave all that fear in its darkness and move into the light, the love that is our most precious gift.
Wipe away your fears
Cry the last of troubled tears
Know God and know peace
Bible verses related to Fear from the King James Version (KJV)
Isaiah 41:10 - Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
2 Timothy 1:7 - For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
1 John 4:18 - There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
Psalms 23:1-6 - (A Psalm of David.) The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Psalms 34:4 - I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Proverbs 29:25 - The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
Philippians 4:6 - Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Psalms 56:3-4 - What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
Romans 8:15 - For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Romans 8:38-39 - For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Isaiah 43:1-3 - But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
Proverbs 19:23 - The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
Fear transcendence Poetry Contest
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August 20, 2021
Copyright © Regina Mcintosh | Year Posted 2021
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