{"id":13880,"date":"2015-07-01T05:25:44","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T09:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/?p=13880"},"modified":"2015-06-30T13:33:03","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T17:33:03","slug":"do-not-be-afraid-july-1-2015-daily-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/do-not-be-afraid-july-1-2015-daily-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Do not be afraid, July 1, 2015 Daily Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2015<\/a>As I was preparing for this week\u2019s Master\u2019s class I was assigned the following reading from the Bible to reflect upon and one verse truly gave me pause:<\/p>\n

Luke 7: 16-17 Jesus raises the widow\u2019s son \u2013 \u201cFear seized them all, and they glorified God, exclaiming, \u201cA great prophet has arisen in our midst, \u201cand \u201cGod has visited his people.\u201d The first reaction was fear, we fear those things we do not understand. When we come to understand them we either embrace them or hold them at a distance.<\/p>\n

When we have a God moment we often are in fear, disbelief, and suspension, probably because we don\u2019t understand what has just occurred, it is not familiar to us. Then we begin to analyze and evaluate it, trying to determine if it could possibly happen. Had we not witnessed the occurrence of the event we would not be a believer.<\/p>\n

Our Western culture is constantly seeking reasons, explanations and scientific evidence for situations. We are a \u201cmyth buster\u201d culture. If you can\u2019t prove it then it is false. I was taught in a class last week that the Eastern culture is not like this. It is not about how things happened but about why God caused things to happen. \u00a0It makes me wonder, if part of the fear is rooted in not just the lack of understanding but the idea that if a God moment occurred then God must exist. Knowing that we cannot see, touch, hear, smell, or feel God means God doesn\u2019t exist. However, a God moment makes God known. What makes our culture so cut off from the open hearts and minds of accepting God? Is it again fear that we will begin to believe in something that doesn\u2019t make sense? \u201cOh, that today you would hear his voice: \u2018Harden not your hearts as at the rebellion.\u201d \u2013 Hebrews 3:15<\/p>\n

Be open to God moments and the presence of God in your life. Be open in mind, spirit, and body, and do not fear for God is ever with you, loving you from your creation until your new creation in heaven. Do not be afraid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do not be afraid to feel the presence of God in your life. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[112,22,319],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13880"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}