HOW WE LEARNED TO LIVE BY FAITH INSTEAD OF WORRY and FEAR
That has made all the difference in facing the trials and challenges of life
THE DAWNING LIGHT, Volume 7,# 563 Thursday, November 2, 2023
Still Mountain Chronicles Section # 34
Lovingly written and published by Chinmayan
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HOW WE LEARNED TO LIVE BY FAITH INSTEAD OF FEAR AND WORRY
That has made all the difference in facing the trials of life, such as the overwhelming challenges of last winter, calmly and effectively…
Another hard and intense winter has come early to Still Mountain—
Winter has come early to Still Mountain this year, with three rain storms so far and now one freezing night after another.
We are determined to be much better prepared than last winter when, after years of mild winters with little rain and drought, we had back to back atmospheric rivers with torrential rains and high winds.
We were having to go to extreme measures, such as fighting to keep a powerful storm from destroying our bundle shop while it did wipe out our firewood production shed.
We spent most of the winter huddled together aboard my tiny house because it had the only reliably warm space.
It was so cold, going below zero every night for a month and a half, that even our giant woodstove’s roaring fire could not keep our rooms in the Meditation Center building warm.
Ani had three close calls with hypothermia, which were serious wake up calls that shook us up and made us go into protective survival mode.
She got too cold while sleeping in her room, even under piles of blankets and quilts, before she realized what was happening. She woke up as her core temperature dropped into the danger zone and we had to take emergency action.
That is when we moved aboard my tiny house and spent the rest of the winter huddled together in the warmth of its furnace. We had to abandon our Meditation Center building until the spring brought warmer temperatures.
I am hearing in prayer that this winter will be just as intense and fierce, so we are pushing to be as prepared as we can before winter descends.
Actually we have been thinking ahead and making strategic decisions all year so that we are much better prepared for whatever comes…so that this winter can be a time of retreat rather than a scramble for basic life necessities.
We are living on a very small budget, but we are resourceful…and we have seen many times when the divine actively helped us receive all of our real needs being met…and this flow of grace continues to bring blessings everyday.
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We have learned the hard way to live by faith instead of fear
Over the years, we have had to face countless trials like this past winter and in going through those times we learned some very valuable lessons, which have made our lives far better and nearly worry free.
A vital understanding for us is that we consciously choose to live by faith and not by fear.
This faith has become a powerful force in our lives as we have seen our prayers answered and our needs met thousands of times while our fears were screaming that terrible things would happen.
Our faith that the divine is always helping us work out our highest good has become so strong that we do not waste any of our precious energy on fears anymore.
Our faith gives us freedom from worry…for worry is just fear that is being projected into the future.
We have learned the hard way that strongly held fears actually tend to create the very thing we were being fearful about.
After realizing this key understanding, we have chosen NOT to live by or from fear.
Instead, after naming our concerns and discussing emerging problems and challenges, we take responsible actions to meet them with the faith that things will work out for the best as long as we pray through about the situation and follow the inner guidance we are given.
The beautiful thing is that every time we do, not only do things work out for the very best, but our faith is strengthened and becomes an ever more vibrant part of our lives.
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