From Fear to Faith

A moment of worry and fear towards

 the other lost and wandering

greet me in the morning.

I have forgotten already

"When thou art converted..."

I cannot be a rescuer if I have not been rescued,

healed and strengthened by the good words of God.

Fear enraptures and encompasses the weak.

I allow the debilitating effects of fear to distract me from peace.

In moments of weakness,

I feed those thoughts of fear

rather than allowing the nourishment of the milk

to provide sustenance.

Those thoughts become a stumbling block and I fall.

Truly the Shepherd knows His sheep.
He senses my fears.
I am still weak with distraction.
2 Nephi 18: 11-13

11 For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:

 13 Sanctify the Lord of Hosts himself, and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

I seek a bit of clarification about words

confederacy, sanctify...

(Compare Isaiah 8)

A brief synopsis in between the passages remind me:

-The Lord is in Control

-The Lord: a Sanctuary

-Trust in the Scriptures and the Lord's Prophet

The message and milk for today

Find refuge and peace in my Sanctuary

the Lord,

my Shepherd.

Give the Lord my worries, my fears, my dreads

Have Faith

Trust He is in control