What are you afraid of?

I use to be afraid at night, afriad of the dark, afraid that just beyond the point my insight help me to see that the darkness itself will somehow surround me and swallow me up, that if darkness is anything more than simply the absent of light. 

I use to be afraid of tomorrow, afraid that who i was will continuously dictate who I am and that who I would be, might be who I don't like very much at all, as if there was no such thing as be made new. 

I use to be afraid of opinions, afraid that the world would not break my bone, they simply will shadow my dreams, as if I started doing it for the approval of many rather than the glory of one. 

I use to be afraid of failure, afraid of losing, afraid of falling, afraid of been wrong, creating bust, looking absolutely stupid, because who am i to think that I can ever actually make a difference. As if those set backs are anything more than stepping stone on the path to success.

I use to be afraid! I use to!! Use to!!! But then, I did a little research and by that I mean I re-searched! And re-searched!! And researched!!!  Over and over again until all my researching I kept coming to the same exact question. 

"WHAT ROOM DOES FEAR HAVE? "

What room does fear have when I claim to trust, 

What room does fear have when I lean on hope,

What room does fear have when I search for something more, 

when I discover what is good and when I stand in all, 

when I run with perseverance, 

when i walk by faith, and when I rest in comfort. 

What room does fear have when I sing with praise, 

when I take hold of inspiration, explore the possibility and step into freedom. 

What room does fear have when I discover strength, embrace courage, remember peace, declare truth, choose joy, experience life and conquer death 

What room does fear have when I find perfection in a place I never thought to look, in weakness, when am saved by the most likely of heros, by Grace, when am invited into a relationship more loving and intimate than I could ever imagine, as a child of God. 

I ask again what room does fear have? 

When I step out of the darkness and enter into the light, when I let the past be the past and the future has no limit, when they can talk all they want! But their opinions doesn't matter and when failure is nothing more and nothing less than a road by which I walk my path to success. 

I ask you one last time 

What room does fear have? 

When in his word he tells me 365 times (depending on the translation) 

"DO NOT BE AFRAID" 

If I needed to hear that every single day and if that how many times I needed to hear it, before I finally believed it. 

What room does fear have when I make room for love.

"WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? "