Out walking the dog one morning I saw the biggest skunk I’ve ever seen. He was completely black with three spots of white on his head, his back, & his tail. I wasn’t concerned because most of the skunks in Hanover are very familiar with people & don’t pay us any mind at all. Add to that the fact that this skunk was “out of range.” However, when this particular one saw us he looked startled, pointed his hind end at us & raised his tail! My heart skipped a beat & my feet shifted into a higher gear. Again, he was out of range but that didn’t prevent me from being alarmed.
Have you ever been afraid of something of which you knew you shouldn’t be afraid? Have you ever shrunk from saying something you should have said? Paul tells us in today’s text that there are two things that will help: 1) prayer & 2) preparing to face whatever it was that previously caused you to respond poorly.