What if I told you that every moment of fear is actually a gift?
I can hear you now: “Jennifer, have you lost it? My anxiety is NOT a gift!”
But hear me out. Because this understanding literally saved my life.
See, we think fear happens TO us. Like we’re innocent victims of our racing hearts and sweaty palms. But A Course in Miracles showed me the truth: fear is always – ALWAYS – a choice.
Not the initial feeling. That might arise automatically.
But what we DO with our feelings? Total choice.
Here’s what fear really is: evidence that we’ve chosen to believe thoughts that aren’t true.
We’ve chosen separation over connection. Control over trust. Ego over Love.
And the gift?
Every moment of fear is showing us EXACTLY where we can choose again.
That panic about money? You’re choosing to believe in lack instead of God’s abundance.
That relationship anxiety? You’re choosing to believe someone else’s behavior determines your worth. That health worry? You’re choosing to believe you’re just a body instead of eternal spirit.
When I finally got this, everything changed.
Instead of fear being my enemy, it became my teacher.
My divine alarm clock.
“Wake up, Jennifer! You’re dreaming of separation again!”
And here’s the miracle:
the SECOND we recognize we’re in fear, we can choose again.
Not tomorrow. Not after years of therapy. Right NOW. Hallelujah!
The practice is simple:
“Okay, fear is arising, it feels so real.
That means I’m believing something that’s not true.
Holy Spirit, show me how to see this differently.”
Then get quiet. The answer always comes. Maybe not as words, but as a feeling of peace. A knowing that you’re safe. A remembrance that you’re not alone.
Sometimes I’d choose again 50 times a day. Sometimes 500. It doesn’t matter how many times. What matters is that we CAN choose. Always.
Fear is not our master.
It’s not our destiny.
It’s not even our enemy.
It’s just a signal that you’ve temporarily forgotten who we are.
And who are we? What are we?
We’re the perfect child of God, created in Love, surrounded by Love, made of Love itself.
We join together to choose to remember that, and watch fear dissolve like morning mist.
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