All these failings generate fear, a soul-sickness in its own right – Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.
“Fear knocked at the door; faith answered; no one was there.”
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I don’t know to whom this quote should be attributed, but it certainly indicates very clearly that fear is an illusion. I create the illusion myself.
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I experienced fear early in my life and I mistakenly thought that the mere presence of it made me a coward.
I didn’t know that one of the definitions of “courage” is “the willingness to do the right thing in spite of fear.”
Courage, then, is not necessarily the absence of fear.
During the times I didn’t have love in my life I most assuredly had fear. To fear God is to be afraid of joy. In looking back, I realize that, during the times I feared God most, there was no joy in my life.
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As I learned not to fear God, I also learned to experience joy.
Just for today
I will take a deep breath and talk to God whenever I feel frustrated.
Uma unenkinga yophuzo oludakyo siza thintana nalezi nobolo ezingezanzi.
The AA Estcourt branch hosts meetings every Tuesday at Forderville Primary School from 7pm to 8pm. Contact Desigan on 082 849 3014, Roy on 081 874 8016 or Tony on 079 513 4422.
The AA Winterton branch hosts meetings every Thursday at the Springfield Church opposite the police station from 7pm to 8pm. Contact Dolly on 071 688 5330 or Virgilo on 079 688 0432.
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