Growth
"God, I am afraid, but I know I shouldn’t live by sight but by faith. I don’t know how I am meant to sustain this faith for so long because I am genuinely running out of it. Just like the widow with a son told Elijah - she had just her last meal before she would probably starve with her son - but she was willing to share (1 Kings 17:7-16). In the same way, this little ounce of hope left in me, I lay it before the throne of grace because at this point, it is only by your grace that I am still sane. I watched a sermon that talked about acknowledging the fear but declining to have a "facetime" with it. Basically, not lying to yourself that the fear isn't there but refusing to entertain it. The Bible says - casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ (2 Corinthians 10:3-5). So basically the Bible acknowledges that these thoughts (strongholds) will come, but w...