There are two things you should know about fear or worry.First, like any strong emotion, it wants to be the boss. It claims to tell us how life really is. and it won’t be easily persuaded otherwise. If my experience of fear says that there is danger and you say there isn’t, my fear wins...It tenaciously holds on to its self-protecting agenda...Second, when fear escalates, it wants relief and it wants it now. Fear is impatient...It will alight on a promising treatment, give it a few seconds, then flit to something else without ever returning. Fear has tried God and God didn’t work. To reconsider God goes against fear’s manic style......Why highlight this? Because one of the first steps in combating fear and worry is to slow down. “Be still” (Ps.46:10)
Running Scared, p62-63
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