Fears and Trust and Friends, OH MY!

This world we live in is such a sad one. It really is. People are filled with so much grief and sadness. People are overwhelmed with hurt and stress. People only care about themselves with no thoughts of others. The world is such a selfish one. And to be honest, it scares me to death. I don't know what this world is coming to. I mean seriously, there is so many terrible things happening right now and I wonder what is going to happen down the road. It worries me. I become anxious. I am scared.

But who wouldn't be? Besides, I'm only human.

Lately, I've been trying to overcome my fears and anxieties and I always go back to a certain quote. 

"Be not afraid."

Pretty sure that when Blessed Pope John Paul II said this, he could see what was going to happen and he knew that people were despairing. Whenever I get worried or overcome with any kind of anxiety, I try and think to myself, "Be not afraid."

And I understand that this can be difficult to do. But you know how it's possible to not be afraid? 

Trust. 

Trust is such a funny thing. 

(Yep -- switching gears a little bit here) 

But really, I've been thinking about trust a lot. Especially in terms of who I can and cannot trust. Obviously I trust my family above all and I have a  few select friends who I trust above others. And that's been kinda difficult. I have lots of friends. I will not deny that. God has put some pretty special people in my life. Sometimes they say in my life and sometimes they just walk out. Which is totally fine cause that's the way life is. But sometimes I wonder who I can and cannot trust. It's not like terrible things ever happen but I just wonder. Friends do hurt you. Even if they don't know it and don't mean to. It happens. So for me...trust is a funny thing and it confuses me. Cause sometimes I'm like "oh yeah i can totally trust this person" and then other times it's more like "eeehhh" Depends on the day and my mood. 

BUT HEY. I know that out of anyone, I can trust God cause he is always at my side. Always. And sometimes it can be difficult to have faith and I was thinking about that the other day. 

But then I thought about one of speeches I am doing (Open Interp). I am doing a book called Left to Tell by Immaculee Ilibigaza which is one of the best books I have ever read. Anyways...one of the lines that really struck me says,

"Mountains are moved with faith...but if faith were easy, all the mountains would be gone."

And when I say I was struck by those words...I literally was. 

Kids, so the lesson to be learned by all my rambles...is that even though life  can be hard and it can be scary and things don't always go the way you want...always remember to "Be not afraid" which is totally possible if you put your trust entirely in the Lord and have faith that he will always be with you.

And honestly, God is so cool, that with him at your side, who can even possibly think about being afraid?