If someone had asked me ten years ago what I was afraid of, I would have given a common answer. I was afraid of what people thought of me, of failing at work, of not being a good mom or wife; just the same basic things we all struggle with. Then something happened that was outside anything I had ever thought could happen to me. Ten years ago as I was sitting at my desk, I got a call from the coroner saying that my husband had died that morning. That phone call changed my fears from common to colossal and crippling. 

The day Tim’s heart stopped while he was just sitting in his car was the day fear became a paralyzing force in my life. It was also the day that I began a journey to get free from fear to be able to walk in the confidence that God is in control. 

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