Eagles Wings

Have you ever had a moment in your life when you were able to totally let go of your situation and let God take over?  Do you remember what that felt like?   I sometimes imagine those moments as though I am flying like an eagle.  Exodus 19:4 states "You have seen what I did to Egypt and how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to me."  Isaiah 40:31 states, "but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."

"A man of fear lives always on the edge

of insanity.  A man of faith lives in perpetual reward," states Andy Andrews in The Travelors Gift.  As a physical therapist, I work with people who are battling one of the most terrifying events that can occur in a person's life.  This event that I am referring to leaves individuals with a feeling of helplessness and isolation.  They believe there is no hope and it causes many to be afraid to go to bed at night, walk to the restroom or go to the grocery store.  One person may have said it best, "Dizziness is the hardest thing on a persons nerves..."

I never imagined I would be a person who helps clients with dizziness.  I have learned so much by working with clients who battle this problem.  One of the biggest lessons I have learned is how important it is to not allow fear to drive or control us.  Once fear gets hold of our lives, it makes everything worse.  The crazy part about this lesson, is that if anyone has the right to be afraid, it is a person battling a vestibular disorder. 

Vestibular disorders can oftentimes be unpredictable in how they impact people's lives.  They can come on with no warning and with no pattern in intensity.  People often say, "Am I going to have to live with this the rest of my life?"  Faith that this is only a moment in their life and not their life is needed to  build hope in their future.

Faith and Fear

Both faith and fear are a belief in something that one cannot see or touch.  They are similar in that they represent responses of something that is about to happen.   Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.  Fear is an emotional response to a known or definite threat. 

Both represent extreme confidence in an event that may or may not come to pass.  Both could change physical responses in our bodies in different ways.   Faith causes peace and fear causes fight or flight.

http://panicdisorder.about.com/od/understandingpanic/a/fearandanxiety.htm
Hebrews 11:1