How to Live a Great Story
I want to live a great story. But living a great story requires me to get out of my comfort zone, and currently, I am battling a few fears. Running away from fear only makes it grow, I have learned. First off, I need to get past this idea that I'm a failure. Truth tells me that I am not a failure. Truth tells me that I am redeemed through Christ, and the Lord "has a plan for me, to prosper me and not to harm me, to give me a hope and a future" (Jeremiah 29:11). I have to daily fight these lies that I am a failure and replace them with God's Truth. I have become risk-averse when it comes to relationships. Living in a fallen world, I will never escape harm. It's just the truth of the matter. I will get hurt, no matter how safe the relationship. So I just have to face these fears if I want a fulfilling life and start risking getting close to people again and become vulnerable. God has me where I am for a purpose. I may not underst...