As long as we’re walking, we’re not frozen in fear. So let’s wake up, and get walking. Cadence, original oil painting by Steve Henderson; licensed open edition print at Great Big Canvas, iCanvasART, and Framed Canvas Art.
The other day, I found myself in the middle of a church picnic.
It was totally unintentional, and I’ll tell you the story someday, but the upshot is, I was chatting with a safe woman from the group, when I tossed out my usual question to determine whether or not a person is awake:
“So, do you completely believe and unquestioningly accept the government’s official version about 9/11?”
“Oh, no,” she replied without hesitation, then stopped, troubled. “It’s disturbing to think about the ramifications.”
Well, that’s an understatement, but at least I could see that her eyes were open.
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But then she went on to a statement that I hear on a regular basis:
“There’s just so much going on, and we don’t seem to have any power to stop any of it. I don’t know what to do, and I don’t see any value of being awake.”
That’s a valid statement, and I sympathize with the feeling of being overwhelmed.
Please follow the link to Once You’re Awake — Now What? at my BeliefNet blog, Commonsense Christianity. Christians really can and do make a difference in the world, but when we focus on fear, discouragement, and the sheer size of the enemy camp, we freeze.
This does not have to be.
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This Woman Writes by Carolyn Henderson 
Thank you Carolyn for sharing your inspiring post and linking back. Its women like you that make a difference, please keep up your good writing!!!
Wow, what a profound and scary thing for her to say. I think so many of us feel that way!
Thanks for linking up with the Faith and Fellowship blog hop!
Thank you, Susannah. Yes, I think that the natural and normal response to all that is going on is to feel frozen, not sure of what to do. The easiest response is to dip our heads down and get involved with something, anything else, so that we seem to busy to have to think about it anymore.
The solution, for Christians, is to look up and reach for the hand that is ready to clasp ours. “What do you want me to do?” Six simple words, asked of our Father, each day. What else can we do, of any import? The only person to ask for the answer is the Person with all the answers.