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Can you imagine a life without fear?

It seems just getting up in the morning can create fear. I know even I turn on the news every morning now – just to see what is going to be the “bad news of the day” – and honestly I don’t like living like that.

I have always been a “cup is half full” kind of gal – and I would like to remain that person. I don’t want to allow myself to fade into the fears we all have about the economy, health care, our kids futures, our own futures for that matter.

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This book has a discussion guide in the back – and I recommend reading the book in full.  Once you have done that, then go back and read each chapter again and go over the discussion guide.  It really helps bring everything into focus when dealing with your own personal fears and situations.  I highly recommend Fearless as a gift as well.

Fearless really spoke to me – it addressed so many feelings I have had as different things go on in my lifetime.  Worry – as a young mother I worried about everything.  It did not matter that I would be unable to change a lot of the things I was worried about – I still worried.  I worry about different things today as the mother of teens.

This was a good reminder that we should NOT worry – but pray, and really get rational about your worries – write them down and evaluate how many really do come to pass.  We need to learn to Focus on Today and STOP worrying about things outside of our control.  He will take care of us.  Max Lucado actually offers steps for dealing with worry – and I will be implementing them in my own life.

I enjoyed the stories from Max Lucado’s own life and those of others that he shares throughout Fearless. From the funny to the serious – I was able to relate to so many.  It was comforting to know I wasn’t the only one that wanted to help all the animals, checked my babies to be sure they were in fact still breathing, and at some point realizing my children were entrusted to me by God – and that He not I, was ultimately in charge of their lives.  I could only pray, guide, and turn them over to Him.

He also gives wonderful encouragement about money, which in the current economy has everyone a tad stressed I’d say.  Some are distant from God in their pursuit of money but we need to remember – we can’t take it with us!  He discusses death – and how it should be a celebration of life – much like a wedding.  Think about it – when we say goodbye to this life – we will be walking towards our Savior.  Not so scary when you think about it that way.

How many of us that are God’s children haven’t at times doubted his reality.  I myself struggled with this when I was hit in the face with a huge disappointment a few years back.  My entire life I have believed in God and felt his presence in my life.  But, in this situation, I suddenly felt alone, abandoned, slapped and really felt that there must not be a God because what was happening was not something I ever even thought to fear.  Thankfully I realized that was wrong – but then I moved into feeling that I must have done something really wrong in His eyes to be dealt such a blow.  Now, I am a few years wiser and I know and am comforted by the fact that everything we go through in this life – the good and the bad – are really in His plan.  When things seem out of control, they really aren’t.

These and many other scenarios of fear that Christians find themselves dealing with are addressed in Fearless.  This is a book I am going to keep handy for just those times when I feel fear welling up in my heart and mind.  Max Lucado has a way of making sense of all the calamity and that sense comes from the Word of God.

This should be in everyone’s library – especially now!  As we are reminded – God’s plan is always in play – and it is obvious that Max Lucado was guided to write a book that would be ready – at just the right time.

Because really – there is only one constant in this world.

Him.