Can we talk about fear for a second?

Fear walks into the room like it owns the place.  

Sits in your chest, kicks its feet up,  

and whispers, _“Don’t. You can’t. What if you fail? 

And then u wonder ...

What if I'm not enough? 

What if I mess up? 

What if they laugh?

What will people say?

Those people ?

They will talk anyways 

Fear is a liar with a very convincing voice.  

It tells you to shrink so the world won’t notice you.  

Fear tells us to stay quiet in class when God put a voice in us.

Fear tells us to dim our light on campus so we can"fit in"

Fear tells us we are too young, too late, too broken.

Fear talks loud in our generation

It tells u to hide your gift. To shrink. To wait until you're "ready"

To keep the dream in your head 

But...

Fear is not proof that you should stop.  

Fear is proof that you’re standing at the edge of something that matters.

You are not weak for being scared

You're human 

You don’t have to be fearless.  

Courage isn’t the absence of shaking hands.  

Courage is shaking hands and opening the door anyway.  

God isn't disappointed in your shaking hands

He said "do not fear, for I am with you"

He's in the anxiety with you

In the uncertainty

In the "God, I don't know what to do next"

So breathe...

you don't have to have it all figured out

you just have to take the next step.

And the next

And let him walk with u

To everyone reading,

Your fear doesn't disqualify you. 

It just means you're about to do something that matters 

So let fear talk.  

Let it tremble in the corner.  

But don’t let it drive.  

Don’t wait until fear leaves.  

It won’t.  

Walk with it.  

And walk past it.

Because the world is not waiting for perfect people 

It's waiting for people who are afraid...but obedient