"When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid." Psalm 56:3-4, ESV Fear sucks joy. Fear sucks peace. Fear sucks sleep. Fear sucks energy Fear...sucks. I should know, I practically wrote the book on nonsensical fears and molehill obsessions. Squirrel is good for me. While he has many (many!) of his own fears, it helps that our fears our different. When he is panicking over the leaf blower, I speak comfort to him.

" Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.” Deuteronomy 31:6, ESV I've been ready to leave my current job for a while. It's been a rough year - following many other rough years - , but it was really when I came back from my June vacation that I realized how done I was. No one ever likes the Monday following a vacation, but I remember feeling a heaviness in my soul that le

" The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him....

"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you...

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the...