30 Days of Brave {choosing faith, not fear}

It is the beginning of October. There's a freshness in the air. It brings a freshness to my soul. 

I follow a my friend, Myquillin over at The Nesting Place. Her pictures and words about home help me to dream. She hosts an annual challenge called the 31 Day writing challenge where writers (or aspiring writers) choose a topic and write about it every day for the month of October. 31 DAYS, people! That's a lot of words. My immediate response was:

OOOH. I'd like to do that. 

Then my instinctual, self-conscious self combated,

Who would want to read 31 days of anything you'd have to write about? 

So I waited. Perhaps this was just a passing fancy. 
It did not pass. And now it is October 3rd. I decided to give this month of writing thing a shot....a few days late.

It did not take me long to choose a topic to explore because it is a topic that is so pertinently on my mind almost everyday. It is a topic that brings me to my knees. It is a topic that I feel the Lord speaking to the most often in my faith walk. It is a topic that, if I look critically, is at the root of every mistake, sin, and worried thought.

Fear.

Anyone else struggle with it? Do you feel its icy breath when you want to try something new, speak those words, apply for that job, initiate in that relationship?

We don't have to be its slave. We are free to struggle, but we are not overcome. And we are definitely not made to struggle alone.

So today begins with me exposing of my struggle for you to see. Today begins an invitation to you to join me, and perhaps finding a companion in your journey. Today begins with me doing one thing that scares me {30 days, people!} Today begins 30 days of writing.

Join me?