Tag: fear
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You Know That Fear Thing
Having a religious upbringing didn’t give me the tools to reconcile faith and fear. Faith and fear were considered mutually exclusive. In fact, I can recall sermons where I was told that lack of faith was sinful. I can even find the relevant scripture. So all in all, to doubt or to be afraid was […]
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When The Fear Came
I’m woken this time by light not sound. It’s about 1 or 2 in the morning. I’ve left the bedside lamp on. I’ve forgotten to turn it off again and the glare has woken me up. I opt to try to go back to sleep. I reach across to turn it off. Except I can’t. […]