Fear

Throughout my life, I have always considered myself pretty brave.  Only because I have never felt fear for much of anything.  I would just think to myself that God will take care of me, and if it's His plan for me to die in that moment then I'm ok with that.  But recently I have been praying for faith, to have faith in God, to have faith that He will guide me where He wants me, to have faith that He is all I need.  Max Lucado once said that "Fear gives birth to Faith."  The more I ponder that statement the more I find it to be true.  And, well lately fear has overwhelmed, what with me going off to college, meeting so many new people, I am scared that I will let my focus slip from The Father and slip to other desires or other things that have no importance.  I have never felt so scared, and then I remembered that I had prayed for God to strengthen my faith, and maybe this is how He is doing it, by giving me all these fears.  I am just praying that I do keep him at the center of my life.