The Princess Diaries

A friend shared a recent blog entry by Nancy Wilson with me last night. In responding to one of the comments left, Nancy encouraged the woman to not try to talk to herself out of fear, but rather not acknowledge the fear since that particular fear is a tool of Satan.
I thought that was profound.
For all of my mom's faults and unbelief, one thing she told me over and over and over again was to ignore the things that annoy me. "Consider the source and move on."
If ever there was a thread between the disconnect of the lessons of childhood, however loosely, I was taught and the lessons of adulthood, I think that one sentence of Nancy Wilson was it. There are times, more often than not, the fear that grips my soul is a tool of The Devil. Instead of trying to rationalize the fear or talk myself out of it, I need to ignore it, consider the source, and move on.
I hope that was a seed divinely planted on fertile soil. Let's pray so.