A daily reminder of the power of God's love over anxiety, fear, and worry.
Faith Killing Fear
It has been a most difficult year in a trying life. Emotionally bedraggled, I tackled a layman’s examination of all Biblical “do not fear” and “do not be afraid” passages in hopes of relief, growth and understanding.
I have believed in a Higher Power for as long as I can remember. That is not to say that my belief hasn’t been challenged or evanescent. I do not consider myself “churched”, although I have irregularly attended various denominations of worship. My spiritual life has been more of an independent study, preferring reading in quiet time and prayer to cacophonous halls of hymns and sermons.
For me, the Bible is inspiration, literature and history, one of the great works of God through which we learn more about our Creator and creation. It was time for me to take a dedicated, disciplined look at my faith, its roots and its need for nourishment.
The simplest of precepts guided me.
He is I am. I am not Him.
With a bowed head, this daily devotional is a record of my attempt to evaluate and mitigate my worry and fear in the light of God’s instruction. Thank you for taking time to journey with me.
-Ashland Menshouse
Ashland Menshouse Novels
Ashland Menshouse Novels
Edition 3, Part 1 of “The Last Seer and the Tomb of Enoch”!
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Can a ghost haunt more than your home? Can a Sasquatch track more than footprints?
Aubrey Taylor’s quaint and cozy life in the subdued Appalachian town of Lake Julian had never been exceptional. Shouldered by his lifelong friends, Buzz Reiselstein and Rodriqa Auerbach, he quietly endured puerile punishments of a persistent pack of pesky bullies that included the most-revered kid in school, Magnos Strumgarten, and his own obnoxiously, well-accomplished brother, Gaetan. Comfortable in his humdrum niche of the absolutely average, Aubrey never pushed back…
…Until fate dug a little too deep, and the unseen darkness of unspoken places rattled his mediocrity.
When spurious specters and elusive mountain men battle for a tomb of Watchers, buried in ages past, only those who choose to look beyond the surface feel the grip of the ancients’ revenge. Unusual disappearances, a colorful cadre of insightful townsfolk and a whirlwind of blunders and mishaps expose the struggling forces that transform Aubrey and his friends into more than spectators amidst the oldest war of all.
Prepare yourself to see the unseen as you’ve never seen it before.
Illustrations by Eric Losh.