This poem was written in 2011
It is very special to me because of the way it was delivered to me.  It was midnight and I had been up working on a few poems and decided to turn in for the night.  I put everything away and turned out the light.  When I closed my eyes, I saw the word FEAR as if it were on a theater marquee!  I sat straight up in the bed and quietly whispered, "am I supposed to write about fear?"  Well, what you see below was completed before noon the next day!!
TO GOD BE THE GLORY!!

                              
                       FEAR


FEAR IS SHEER INTIMIDATION SATAN DEVISES IN HIS PLAN.
HE DESIRES TO KILL AND TO DESTROY,
THE SPRITUAL GROWTH OF EVERY MAN.

FEAR CAN PARALYZE AND CRIPPLE,
MAKE THE STRONGEST PERSON WEAK.
CAUSE CONFUSION AND RESENTMENT,
IN THE HUMBLE AND THE MEEK.

FEAR CAN SPIRAL INTO DEPRESSION,
CAUSE A LARGE AMOUNT OF DOUBT.
SEND US DEEP INTO A PLACE SO DARK,
WE CAN’T SEE OUR WAY OUT.

BUT GOD IS OUR REDEEMER,
HE COMES QUICKLY AND WITH LOVE,
HE OFFERS US SALVATION AND ETERNAL LIFE ABOVE.

WHEN WE CALL ON GOD FOR COMFORT,
HE WILL ANSWER EVERY PRAYER.
HE WILL NEVER, EVER LEAD YOU,
FROM HIS TENDER LOVING CARE.

GOD HAS PLANS TO GUIDE AND BLESS YOU,
REMOVING FEAR WITHIN YOUR MIND.
HE WILL DO IT IN A LOVING WAY,
THAT IS GENTLE AND IS KIND.

PLEASE TRUST GOD TO BE YOUR REFUGE,
REMOVING FEAR ALONG THE WAY.
KEEP GOD CLOSE IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR MIND,
LEARN THE WORD OF GOD AND PRAY.

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