This Thing Called FEAR
There is this stronghold called fear
existing in dormant and volcanic form
the volcanic is obvious
with it's occasional eruptions
the dormant - the silent killer
permeating
throughout my life
like odorless gas
it's effects... deadly
Immobilized and Frozen
Procrastination and Avoidance
Things started and left undone...FEAR.
No-Thing is done and No-Thing is complete
Motionless and still;
Curled up in bed;
knots on the inside
Sickness upon the body the results
of stress
Sadness and despair that rots the bones
AND
Time keeps going by
but life, my life stays still
caught in the tentacles of this thing called FEAR.
I have cried out for help to the LORD
I know He hears my prayer
Yet I remain immobile
Though His voice says move
my feet remains rooted
immobile
and I think the thing that I need to do
is just too hard for me
Never mind His Word,
"My strength is made sufficient in your weakness"
Lord what will it take
to renew my mind so that
it moves me beyond
the mentality of It's too hard!!!
Is this laziness talking or simply FEAR?
So I Wait on the Lord
I say Wait
For He shall surely bring me through
this Thing called Fear!
pl 2/2004
