Throughout
our life’s journey, we will learn how fear enters into everything we do, even
the things that are good and positive in our lives.
Bruce
Perry says that the amygdala codes all new experiences as fear until deemed
otherwise. In every walk of life, from school to work to parenting, there are
many situations that it takes our system time to deem as “otherwise.”
It’s
normal to experience fear in new situations. The challenge is to not live
there.
That
is hard when you are experiencing situation after situation that triggers fear.
Fear challenges our faith. I find myself constantly having to re-affirm my
faith and speak faith words into my life.
The fear we experience
doesn’t have to be the paralyzing fear we experience from trauma and abuse. Fear
can be experienced like a little cloud that is always following us around. It
puts a shadow on everything we do. It brings constant doubt to all situations.
It makes us question our abilities in everything we attempt. Familiar tasks
seem bigger than they are. Everything is more complicated.
Fear shrinks our window of
tolerance, our patience levels. Most of all, it is responsible for stealing our
joy. Satan takes advantage of any cracks in your faith. He is relentless. John
10:10 – ‘The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy”.
Realize the hold that fear
can have on your life. God will love and protect us as we face it head on.
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Ken Thom, MS, LPC is a nationally recognized Christian counselor and
writer. He is available for parent and individual coaching. Ken is a Post
Institute Certified Family Regulatory Therapist, Certified Coach and Great
Behavior Breakdown Instructor as well as a certified BCI parent trainer. Ken's
book Christian Parent Wisdom is a daily scripture based medication
book for parenting children with challenging behaviors. Contact Ken.
