Do Not Be Afraid - Really

It's yet another anniversary of 9/11 and the enemies behind that attack are as active as ever, looking for ways to destroy us. Our President has been chomping at the bit to go to engage in yet another military action with part of them until Russia offered to lead in a peace initiative with Syria - really?

On the home front, the unemployment rate is moving down as the number of Americans give up looking for work goes up and part-time jobs increase - really?  

The Affordable Care Act has been steadily increasing the cost of health care while many are losing their employment-provided health care - really?

Does any of this make you feel secure - really?  What should our reaction to all this be?  Counter intuitively, our response should be one of increasing peace and calm for the victory in all these things is already won - really?  Yes!  Really!

Listen to the Word of God: “Do not be afraid...Jesus, who was crucified....is not here [in the grave]; he has risen..." (Matt 28:5-6).  

I don't know what we may yet have to go through, but I know we don't have to go through it alone. And, I know that He will safely see the sheep of His pasture to the other side (cf. Ps 23).

Jus' Sayn.