Reading Chapter 3 - FEAR challenge to adulthood I - jogs a memory from many years back, in my late forties, when it first dawned on me that some form of the phrase DO NOT BE AFRAID appears in the Bible no fewer than 365 times. A Bible Quote-A-Day calendar could feature some version of that phrase every day, never repeating the cited source. Pretty astonishing.
For all that, humans seem emeshed in fear, often to the point of utter immobilization.
Some fears make sense, protecting us. But it feels like too many of us give too much power to fear. And perhaps no time more than when we inch our way toward 100.
How can we assure our older friends & loved ones to FEAR NOT as they face declining finances and/or health, loss of autonomy, loss of those closest to them? How can we remember, as we face life's challenges? Pretty tall order.
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