Why are we fearful?

"And Jesus said unto them, 'Why are ye fearful?  How is it that ye have no faith?"     Mark 4:40

It seems today as never before, every one is more or less fearful of what tomorrow is to bring.   With our boys and girls scattered all over the world and, too, families in our own United States moved from one state to another  - everything different to that to which we have been accustomed - we are thinking more than ever before: "What will tomorrow bring?"

It is a question that we cannot answer alone, we must have faith in our Heavenly Father, and pray often to Him for the help that He alone can give.

Jesus often said to his disciples "Fear not" and "Trust in the Lord".  Jesus knew that when we are frightened we lose our heads.  Fear is the main cause of blunders and mistakes.

Nothing is more necessary for the stability and wise guidance of the coming years than men and women in all lands to face the world's changes with "FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY."

We Christians dare not fail.  We must be sincere and "Love the Lord , our God, with all our hearts and with all our souls and with all our minds, and love our neighbors as ourselves."  There is no other way in God's plan.  This is the test to which we are called to prove ourselves worthy.

Then, we have the assurance that God will be with us - "Even to the end of the world!"

This was written in the 50's by Mrs. C.A. Bachman, a member of First Presbyterian Church, Garland, Texas.