Fear vs Faith

There is a saying in my business that I have heard time and time again. "Fear & Faith cannot live in the same house".  The first time I heard this, it dawned on me that I had Fear "living in my house" aka in my head, and I needed Faith!!  Even though I think I heard this at a weekly success meeting for my business, it is very relateable to any and all aspects of someone's life!  A career, a relationship, a goal, being stuck in a comfort zone.

I have let Fear win too often in all of the above.  I knew what it mean the first time I heard it, and I knew I wanted Faith, but I didn't know internally how to let the Faith in.  I couldn't let go of the Fear....oh my goodness, all the "what-ifs"!!!  Now I am learning how to turn those "what-ifs" into positive goals.  I think what I have really been scared of all along is "what if I succeed?"  Then what? I can't stop, and go back. And who would want to?  Who in thier right mind would let the Faith in, and succeed at a accomplishing a goal and then say "nevermind, I don't want it".  What I am leading to is that what if the real fear is not whether or not we want something, what if it's really thinking "are we worthy of it?"  Unfortunately, I do think that is the case some of the time.  And to answer that last question, YES!! Each and every one of us is Worthy! We are worthy of a loving relationship, of a peaceful home, of a happy career, of great friends and family, etc.

It has taken me about a year to really start to kick out Fear and let Faith in. It's an internall struggle I have almost every day.  I have to make the decision that today is going to be a great day!!! I will have faith in God to keep me safe, and to provide for me what is needed to get through the day.  Therefore I will also have faith that my plan of action will work, if I work at it. Almost every day I remind myself that Fear and Faith cannot live in the same house, and today I am choosing Faith! 

I guess this relates to a quote a friend texted me today: I am successful because I know that God gives me the ingrediants for my daily bread, but He expects me to do the baking. We have to allow God to work in our lives but at the same time, we need to follow His plan for us.

Another Great quote just recieved by a Dove Chocolate: "Keep your promises to yourself and to others."  Promise outloud that every day you are going to let Faith defeat Fear.  Have Faith in yourself that you can do it and it will happen!

So I know this is kind of a bunch of rambling, and may not make sense to some, but I needed to let all that out. And I promise, it won't all be internal conflicts on this blog, but I do have quite a few so they will probably be aired here. So thanks for reading!