Comments on: Hopefully I Won’t be a Spectacular Failure

By: Cindy Beall

Cindy Beall — Sun, 09 May 2010 14:42:25 +0000

I overcome fear by taking the thought captive and replacing the thought with scripture. Daily task in some areas.

Fear has kept me from trusting fully. Unfortunately, I feel like everyone can/will let me down.

By: Sarah Markley

Sarah Markley — Tue, 04 May 2010 16:07:26 +0000

thanks sara. you sound like me – but i keep reminding myself that everything is just a stage, right? nothing here on earth will really last forever.

our kids will get big and independent soon enough. =(

By: Sarah Markley

Sarah Markley — Tue, 04 May 2010 16:06:05 +0000

even if it doesn’t go anywhere you should WRITE because you can. let God worry about the purpose later.

By: Sarah Markley

Sarah Markley — Tue, 04 May 2010 16:00:10 +0000

yeah, i noticed that later, but it really was my 14th take so i wasn’t about to go back and fix it. =)

By: Sarah Markley

Sarah Markley — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:59:26 +0000

i love this. thank you so much for sharing it. =)

By: Sarah Markley

Sarah Markley — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:58:57 +0000

wow. thank you so much mandy.

i know. a lot has happened for both of us since then. i’m so glad that we are connected and can share in all of it, even if it’s from 3k miles away.

By: Sarah Markley

Sarah Markley — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:58:00 +0000

thank you cherie. =)

By: Cherie Moore

Cherie Moore — Sun, 02 May 2010 14:20:32 +0000

You are an incredible writer and I know God will richly bless you as you forge ahead. Fear is an incredible topic, and a serious problem, and is from the enemy!
The opposite of fear is Faith!
Faith in God, and knowing He is in control and He Loves Us. Our not knowing what can happen, or doubting can make us fearful. I know, I am a single mom of four, a domestic violence survivor, just now ended a 15 year court case against the abuser successfully with God’s guidance and on my own being my own attorney. Talk about Fear! God carried me and guided me the whole time. It was a little scary. Looking back and knowing that God is in control and seeing everything He has brought me through helps me daily. There are so many great scripture promises that are God Breathed on faith and fear. I stay in Faith, stand when that’s all I can do, and stay Tuned to God, and Pray, Pray, Pray, and know when that negative voice tries to speak fear to me, so don’t listen to the enemy that wants to keep us captive in fear. I am now working on a patent, and it’s a little scary too, but I know it’s what God wants me to do, and is in Control, will guide me and knowing He loves me gets me through every single day. You keep following your heart, stay close to God and doing what He tells you to will cast out all fear.
You are a blessing and thank you for sharing your heart.
God Richly Bless You and Yours, Always
Cherie

By: mandythompson

mandythompson — Sat, 01 May 2010 02:28:02 +0000

I don’t have any good answers to your questions – but I can say that I was scared to death of going to Boston. Ok. And. Well. I think fear may keep me from singing in public. Absolutely hate it. Don’t enjoy it. I don’t like it at all. ugh.

But, here’s the part I want to say: I was just thinking about you today – driving down the road. Thinking about where you were a few years ago. And I’m so crazy proud of you.

My mind keeps going back to the convo before dinner – at Not Your Average Joe’s – where we all talked about your dream of writing. LOVED that conversation.

But you are so much more than that. You are a writer. And you’re right, it’s a tool. It’s a way to get the message out there. And you do it beautifully. Now that you’re making big changes and re-balancing things, I’m excited to see where this is all going.

Love y’all so much. Proud of you for pushing yourself out of your comfort zone…

By: Becky Miller

Becky Miller — Sat, 01 May 2010 02:06:46 +0000

Good stuff. I have had the opposite 12 months from you…I haven’t been writing as much this year, but I have been DOING so much more! Now I’m ready to get back to writing. I will take this as a reminder to keep the DOING as I get back into WRITING about the doing as well.