When Fear Knocks, Let Faith Answer!?

Replacement Therapy

Surely you’ve seen many posts on social media that contain a touching message, then suggest that if you share it with ten people you’ll receive a “special blessing” by the end of the day? It usually also warns that the person who doesn’t forward it will experience some unknown tragedy.  Those types of messages perpetuate because someone was afraid of the awful “what if?” of not sharing it with others, so they shared, just in case!

We’ve been told many times that our worst fears are of the unknown. An unidentified fear sends our imagination into high gear, conjuring up vivid mental pictures of dastardly plots against us. We ruminate endlessly over the possibilities. Such fear is disruptive to our well-being, and leaves us tired and wrung-out.

So, how do you handle fear? One method is to identify the fear, so that once you do, it is no longer “unknown.” That also means it is measurable, and can be logically quantified. Once you know what it is, your imagination can no longer dream up worse things that it is not. Once identified, it is possible to determine possible outcomes.

Most fears will never come to fruition. Those that do are divided into two categories: those we can control, and those we can’t. If we have control, we also have the ability to survive our fears, and change their outcomes. Most fall into that category.

The opposites of fear is hope and faith, which also gives us courage. The next time you experience fear of the unknown, try replacement therapy. Think positive, hopeful thoughts when fear knocks at the door, but when you open the door–no one is there!