In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light, my strength, my song
This Cornerstone, this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm

What heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease
My Comforter, my All in All
Here in the love of Christ I stand

In Christ alone, who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless Babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save

?Til on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live, I live

There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave He rose again

And as He stands in victory
Sin?s curse has lost its grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ

No guilt in life, no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From a life?s first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny

No power of hell, no scheme of man
Could ever pluck me from His hand
?Til He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I stand

I will stand, I will stand
All other ground is sinking sand
All other ground, all other ground
Is sinking sand, is sinking sand
So I stand

Geoff Moore/Adrienne Liesching - In Christ Alone Found at abmp3 search engine

confession.

I hope Andy Warhol
& Edie Sedgwick
are both in Heaven...

Ho paura...

Fear.

It is a word far too common, especially within the human mind. We are hardwired to fear certain objects, emotions, places, thoughts, the unknown. Fear, a noun, should be its own genre of emotion for it's almost too emotional to be an emotion. This sensation is such a passionate feeling with abilities far beyond any other emotion, other than love. Fear can be the drive in one, the break in another; it can alter a life, or four. Fear can consume anyone. Fear, itself, has no fear.
As a child, fear is incorporated into many everyday tasks. As early as birth, this feeling is the unknown and of the unknown. A new person can instill fear, or loneliness, or even love. And as we grow older, we become more conscious of fears as our world expands beyond our wildest dreams.
At this age, I have different fears than when I was younger. The dark is no longer a dreaded part of the evening, but actually necessary when I wish to sleep. Crossing the street is the least of my worries, and I openly welcome horror films, only if someone else is there to watch it with me and distract me afterwards with food or something. I know from witnessing family members, friends, and just hearing stories that as we get older, it does not get easier. I hear that fear extends to the most inner depths of our hearts and sometimes hides our hearts. I hear that fear is something that can conquer and consume you, make you then break you. I also hear that fear can have the opposite effect- fear can feed the flame to a fire that will never stop burning.
I have fears, many fears. I fear things that everyone knows, some know, or no one knows. We all have fear.
But we should all take comfort in the knowing that what needs to be provided will be provided for. That we should have no fear for the Lord, our Savior, is with us always. We should trust this, always.
Trust, that is something I fear, along with a dozen other things, and then some.
Some of those dozen are ashamed fears. But Someone knows them, and that Someone has the power to change them in ways that will only aid in conquering and overcoming whatever else presents itself.
I can’t help but be mesmerized by fear. How is it that this one feeling can drive so many emotions, actions, lives? And what is the proper go-abouts to conquering such a consuming emotion? What about the fears that I don’t understand, that have no source, no reason, no traceable function- can those fears be overcome?
I believe one must spend time in fear, just as one spends time with many other emotions. In doing this, we can learn more about ourselves and possibly just how to outsmart this “fear.” For we all know the victorious feeling of overcoming a fear.

I reeeeeally hate Virginia.