Comments on: Are you out of time or out of hope? http://whatgodwantsforyourlife.com/wordpress/?p=266 Finding Answers to the Deepest Questions Thu, 29 May 2014 16:05:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 By: Carol Lawson http://whatgodwantsforyourlife.com/wordpress/?p=266&cpage=1#comment-77 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:30:10 +0000 http://whatgodwantsforyourlife.com/wordpress/?p=266#comment-77 One of those rare precious moments happened yesterday where I actually named and owned my root problem for not moving forward. Fear was deep inside and blocking me from tackling my project. My task was a simple one. One that I have done since 12 years of age. (Oh! so many years ago.) What is my project? Cleaning house! And I was stymied, gripped, unmoveable. But once I ralized what was preventing me and I voiced fear outloud then I simply started moving and accomplished a whole lot yesterday.

So I think that fear may be the one hidden bondage that we all need to look straight into its face. Hurt and fear do seem deeper than anger to me.

When I tackled my fear yesterday it amazingly lost some of its power over me. Why was I afraid? I have not yet got completely adjusted to being a widow even though it shall soon be 3 years. It is startling to my inner self that the phone does not ring very often when once I dreaded to hear its ring for it rang so often. Fear of being alone although I enjoy most aspects of living alone. Such a paxadox we are!

May my ramblings help someone is my prayer. We are all made of the same material — DUST — and that is just what I started conquering yesterday.

]]> By: Rick http://whatgodwantsforyourlife.com/wordpress/?p=266&cpage=1#comment-73 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:59:38 +0000 http://whatgodwantsforyourlife.com/wordpress/?p=266#comment-73 Thanks so much for this. I have been struggling with these very issues for some time now and was sharing them with my wife during a long walk yesterday. I find myself in the midst of the “So, now what, Lord?” prayer but fear I avoid hearing an answer because, like you said, I need to name the loss and grief I feel. Thanks for the call to hope.

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