Removing Fear from the Driver's Seat
Robert Dawson
Psalm 46
Kristin Tabb, in an online article, shares a story that I can relate to. On what I assume was a mission trip, Kristin found herself and a group of others being chauffeured at unsafe speeds down treacherous East African roads ''booby trapped with deep potholes'' and crevices. She found herself clutching for nonexistent seatbelts while nervously but quietly staring at the metal bars hanging in front of her face until the driver began carelessly playing chicken with other drivers headed toward them at equally insane speeds for such poor conditions. (I've been there. It's not fun. Even if you've never been on foreign soil traveling on dangerous backroads, if you've ever taught a teenager how to drive, you have some idea of how it feels).
After a few more frights, she snapped. She writes, ''I pointedly shared a few choice reflections with him concerning his fatalistic driving choices. Our native host cleared his throat awkwardly, and a couple of passengers glared at me.'' Then she made this statement, ''It did not matter in the moment. Fear was in my driver's seat, and it was taking me for a ride.''
Has fear ever taken you for a ride? Has worry and anxiety ever sat in the driver's seat of your life?
-Some of you are like me. If fear, worry and anxiety offered reward points for frequent travelers...I'd be on my way to some exotic destination free of charge - just not free of fear.
-Fear, worry and anxiety are all related to one another. This trio of siblings has shaken a lot of people these last couple of weeks.
-Living in unusual times. Uncertain times.
-Generational moment. One we hope never happens again.
A vast number of us have adopted Charlie Brown's perspective on life. In one comic strip scene he says, ''I have a new philosophy. I only dread one day at a time now.'' Actually, that might be an improvement for some of us! Fear and worry are rarely satisfied with one day at a time.
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Robert Dawson
Psalm 46
Kristin Tabb, in an online article, shares a story that I can relate to. On what I assume was a mission trip, Kristin found herself and a group of others being chauffeured at unsafe speeds down treacherous East African roads ''booby trapped with deep potholes'' and crevices. She found herself clutching for nonexistent seatbelts while nervously but quietly staring at the metal bars hanging in front of her face until the driver began carelessly playing chicken with other drivers headed toward them at equally insane speeds for such poor conditions. (I've been there. It's not fun. Even if you've never been on foreign soil traveling on dangerous backroads, if you've ever taught a teenager how to drive, you have some idea of how it feels).
After a few more frights, she snapped. She writes, ''I pointedly shared a few choice reflections with him concerning his fatalistic driving choices. Our native host cleared his throat awkwardly, and a couple of passengers glared at me.'' Then she made this statement, ''It did not matter in the moment. Fear was in my driver's seat, and it was taking me for a ride.''
Has fear ever taken you for a ride? Has worry and anxiety ever sat in the driver's seat of your life?
-Some of you are like me. If fear, worry and anxiety offered reward points for frequent travelers...I'd be on my way to some exotic destination free of charge - just not free of fear.
-Fear, worry and anxiety are all related to one another. This trio of siblings has shaken a lot of people these last couple of weeks.
-Living in unusual times. Uncertain times.
-Generational moment. One we hope never happens again.
A vast number of us have adopted Charlie Brown's perspective on life. In one comic strip scene he says, ''I have a new philosophy. I only dread one day at a time now.'' Actually, that might be an improvement for some of us! Fear and worry are rarely satisfied with one day at a time.
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