Let’s face it; we all have a fear of something.  I know people that are afraid of spiders, heights, speaking in front of an audience or flying in an airplane.  While those things don’t impact me, snakes and needles are high on my list of things to avoid!  While some fear is healthy as our body warns us of danger, fear can also be debilitating.  When fear sets in, it causes us to stop in our tracks and lose focus of everything else around us.

I had the opportunity to serve on a women’s retreat weekend recently and the visual for the weekend showed a woman pushing through the gates of fear toward the hope of a brighter future.  I began to think about the fears that we face in our daily lives.  We may have the fear of financial despair, the fear of safety for those we love, the fear that the dreams we held are not coming to fruition.  One thing I know about fear, it will steal your joy.  How can you keep the fear of the future from robbing you of the joy of today?