In 2018, I had been was recently diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that led to chronic hives and nearly a year of prednisone. This would last nearly three years. In 2020, the world changed overnight while I battled inflammation, depression , hives and weight gain leading to pneumonia and a hospital stay just before Christmas. All of this caused to a major job change, which led to a period of doubt and despair. My heart and my body were broken.
“Let your Faith be bigger than your Fears!”
Most of my fears are worry driven and yet my fear was real. It was scary and it brought me to my knees. And I heard his voice so clearly in the words I wrote.
DO NOT BE AFRAID
Lisa Marie Taylor, 2018
IN THE DARKEST OF THE NIGHT. DO NOT BE AFRAID! I AWAKE, I CAN’T BREATHE, I PANIC. SIRENS, LIGHTS, OXYGEN, BLOOD PRESSURE TOO HIGH. TESTS, SCANS, HOSPITAL STAY. DO NOT BE AFRAID! IN THE DARKEST OF THE NIGHT. DO NOT BE AFRAID!
IN THE SILENCE OF MY HOSPITAL ROOM. DO NOT BE AFRAID! MY FEAR RISES, MY WORRY INCREASES. I PRAY. SHALLOW BREATHING, I CLOSE MY EYES. WITHOUT WORDS, I PRAY. DO NOT BE AFRAID! IN THE SILENCE OF MY HOSPITAL ROOM, DO NOT BE AFRAID!
IN THE DEPTHS OF MY HEART, DO NOT BE AFRAID! GOD’S LOVE SURROUNDS ME. HE KNOWS. I PRAY. HE HEARS MY CRIES. HE KNOWS ME FROM THE BEGINNING BEFORE I WAS BORN. HE LISTENS. IN THE DEPTHS OF MY HEART, DO NOT BE AFRAID!
IN THE DARKEST OF THE NIGHT, I REST PEACEFULLY. I KNOW NOT DO BE AFRAID!
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