Over the past few days I have had several discussions about how to respond to the current health crisis, mostly with moms who have young children. “Is it wrong to be fearful? I feel foolish for feeling this way!” is what I am hearing most from these moms. My answer to them? No. It is not wrong to be fearful. It is normal.
But as Christians, what do we do with our fear? Even though it is a normal human response, how do we keep from allowing fear to control us?
We look to the Word of God, soak ourselves in His perspective, and cling to His promises.
After my conversations with these precious moms, I felt led to write some things to pray, supported by God’s word, that might help us all to focus on God’s promises while we do the practical things necessary to protect ourselves and those we love from this crisis.
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I appreciate this post so much. I honestly try to pray right when I say that I am praying because I know I am likely to forget. I have also found that I like typing out a prayer in the Facebook response. Often it has long and only a few words show up when someone is scrolling. But I do think it is comforting to the original poster to know that someone actually prayed and has words for what they are going through. I also realize that for people who may just be posting the word that they are praying, if they are reading my prayer, it can be there pair too.
Ella Herlihy can I say that you are absolutely soft on. I read your prayer and have got great comfort for it. My son is being bullied and I needed to hear this today. God bless you
9/29 marks 14 years since my 1st miscarriage and 2/14 will be 6 years for my 2nd miscarriage. How different my life would be with 3 kiddos? I’m grateful for our 1 kiddo, I tease him he was our 1 good egg. He has brought us so much joy. I try to take comfort that we had 1 kiddo but sometimes the sadness bubbles up.