Fear paralyzes us, causing us to come to a hasting hault. Show no fear; have no fear. There's something you have to do and fear will not permit it to be accomplished.

One Sunday morning, I learned something interesting about the male lion. I found out that the male lion never chase his prey to kill him. He simply roars. His roar is so load that it causes his prey to become paralyzed, because of fear, giving him the opportunity to overcome, destroy, and feast upon his prey. When I heard this, I immediately thought, this is exactly how we stop and lose. Fear overtakes us and we stop what we’re doing or because of fear, we never get started on what we should be doing; all because of fear.

It will take a strong man or woman to fight through all the past pain and memories. It’s hard and let no one tell you different, but it can be done. It has been done over and over again by people who suffered from what you may be dealing with. Your past will always come forward to remind you what you haven’t done, tell you what you can’t do and even double dare you to try what you should. If you focus on the accomplishments you almost made, it will paralyze you, keeping you from moving forward. You may never try again.

Imagine you or your child taking its first step in life and falling afterwards. Picture what it could look like if you or your child refused to get back up and try walking again, due to fear. Can you just see yourself sitting down; crawling, and being carried your entire life? What a way to live! But guess what? This is happening. It may not be you, but someone around you, who made an attempt to do something, had a bad fall, and chose to stay down. And now, they live their life depending on people to carry them when they get tired of sitting down and crawling.

When my daughter was ten months old, she was so excited about taking steps. She loved it when we would crowd around her, smiling, and reaching out to her when she walked. It was amazing to her and those who were excited by her accomplishments. But one day, she stumbled, fell, and hit her head on the corner of the coffee table. She cried for a long time. I believe she cried because her head was hurting and because she messed up, causing everything to change. There we no longer laughter, and all our smiles we gone. We were now feeling sorry for her, making all those baby sounds, while rubbing her head. I picked her up to console her. To our amazement, she squirmed and kicked in my arms because she wanted me to out her down. She didn’t want me to hold her, so she pulled away from me. I sat her on the couch, but she crawled down (still crying) and sat down on the floor, away from the table. After she cried, she got up and started walking around again, but she kept her distance from the coffee table. Her fall didn’t instill fear into her and fear certainly did not stop her from walking. Instead, she stayed away from the ting that made her hurt until she grew older and understood.

Why can’t we do that? Why can’t we confront our fears and move on? Why do we fret for so long and get made with those who refuse to fret with us? Why do we fall, fall, and fall some more in the very same spot? We need to make some changes.

Again I ask you, what do you want? All right…let’s go and get it! Let’s do this! Fear is no longer an option. Ok, so you fell, it’s over! The wound will heal, the hurt will stop and the pain will go away. I know you don’t appreciate what happened, but it’s not enough to keep you from being productive. You may have an agenda now. Let’s go. Of course things will happen to hinder you. Some things are going to happen soon, but you’ll pull through; you always have. Why? You have an agenda now. You have plans to live, love and be loved again. So conclude that then was then and now is now, that no one or nothing controls your destiny. You alone hold the key to your happiness.

My heart was broken and the pieces were broken again. It seemed the pain would never end. But, while I was hurting, faith would always whisper in my ear, “God’s going to bless you real good.” I didn’t say I stopped crying. I cried because the pain was real, but I held on. I threw my fears to the side and looked for my blessings. They came. They came real good.