Bumps in the Night...(part 2?)

So a little while back I addressed a fear of mine, that is darkness...

So in the past few days I have been doing things to rid myself of this fear. Somebody who I respect and love very much gave me the verse Isaiah 41:10 and also informed me about the fact that it says "Do Not Fear" 365 times in the bible! One for every day.

I also went back to a verse that most who aren't even Christians know, Psalms 23.

Isaiah 41:10

"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous hand."

Psalm 23:4

"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me."

So I have been focusing on these as well as others to get me through the night. And I have to day that I have been having better nights or more peaceful nights lately. I ask God for His comfort in the night and tell myself not to fear! As they say in Veggie Tales "God is bigger than the Boogie Man" And I am resting in Him and knowing that He is with me so who can go against me? Knowing that God is protecting me is a HUGE leap forward in this matter and the more I realize this the more progress I make!

When I pray at night I pray for "sweet peace." and "to fall asleep all through the night and to wake up on time"

This may sound odd to certain people but this is what I pray for that works and God is continually granting my prayers! To be able to sleep without any distractions to help me has been great and I'm really happy with that right now.

I think with constant work on myself I will have struggles and I can almost feel a trail coming my way...

I know one thing, when your life is easy you're doing something wrong. And since things have been going so well I know that I need to kick it into a higher gear! Sure getting better sleep is good and I do need to overcome the fear to move on with my life but having fear isn't the same as having trials. So I need to conquer the fear and move on to the trials (for lack of a better sentence.)

But the main purpose of my writing right now is to say that slowly but surly God is helping me overcome this fear and protecting me and I pray He will continue to do so and that I will be reminded and believe in that everyday. None of the conquering of the fear is thanks to me, but thanks to Him...

That's all for now folks!

Keeping the Faith,

C.A.M