Scared...



This morning I was a little scared...

 I got up to run at my usual time and was only a few feet from the house when I noticed a man behind me with a hoodie on coming my way. I normally take my time getting to my start spot where I switch from walking to running. However, this time I picked up the pace a little when I noticed he was now only half the distance he was from me 15 seconds ago. We got to the end of the road and now I was moving in a pretty slow jog/quick walk manor and I turned to go right as I usually do to see if he would follow. As I did he turned around and headed back down the street where he had come from. 

 I walked a little farther and then thought, what if he's going back to my house? Did I lock the door? My wife and kids are inside, I hope he doesn't try to break in...(A million different scenarios were playing out in my head.)

 I quickly turned around and ran back to my house just in time to see him walk down the road, past my house a little further. What a relief!

 Now I was fully alert and awake after that early scare and thought I'd take a shorter route down by the hospital. I have some friends expecting a baby tomorrow and thought I'd run that way and say a little prayer for them along the way.  

 Crossing the interstate is never fun as a runner and especially after knowing someone who was hit and killed by a car along a major road early in the morning. I was afraid but kept running anyways.

 As I returned two cats/dogs/squirrels/possums...something was fighting in the bushes right as I ran by this clump of shrubbery and it scared the crap out of me! 

 If that wasn't enough, the giant spider(seriously the size of a fidget spinner) in the middle of the sidewalk had to be the final scare. 

 As I got home I'm sure my heart rate was a little higher this morning. There were so many things that went on during my daily, simple morning jog that were out of the norm. In the back of my mind I was a little scared. But why?

 What was I afraid of?

 Was I afraid of the older man in a hoodie out for his morning walk, or was it a very well lit interstate with no cars coming and a cross-walk? Was I afraid of a few cats that didn't even know I was running by, or for the spider I could have just stepped on? 

 What was it? 

 The answer was simply, the unknown. I was afraid of the "what ifs". 

 I was scared of the "what could have happened". What did my mind make up in itself that was so terrible that caused me to be scared this morning? 

 Andre Gide says, "there are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have for them." 

 This is so true! I didn't really have anything to be afraid of and I'm guessing there are some things in your life that really don't warrant the fear you're putting on them as well. 

 Brenda Hammond says, "If fear alters behavior, you're already defeated." 

 Today, don't let false fears scare you!

 Go confidently today, knowing that there is someone that walks alongside you! Don't be overcome by a fear that isn't real! Keep moving on towards your goals and let Christ guide you along the way. 

 "Don't be afraid, for I am with you. Don't be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand." -Isaiah 41:10 NLT

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