There is no dawdling in the face of fear. When we perceive it creeping up on us we want to keep moving. To slow down and listen to what it might be saying is counter-intuitive...Listen and you hear: “I am not in control”...Here is where fear is a door to spiritual reality. It suggests that authentic humanness was never intended to be autonomous and self-reliant. Humans are needy by design...
Will we abandon the myth of independence and seek God? Fear, control, God – they are all linked together. Since independence only works during the really good times, the obvious answer would be to seek God.
Running Scared, pp37, 40, 41
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