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Pat Hoffman
Author, Chaplain, Speaker
Pat Hoffman
Author, Chaplain, Speaker
Words for Journey, Words for Justice
Comfort from Fear
Comfort from Fear
“For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received
a spirit of adoption.”
Romans 8:15 NRSV
Fear.
It separates me from You, God.
I guard my fears,
telling myself and others how they are justified.
While guarding my fears,
I allow time to slip in and rob me
of Your tender gifts:
A day of health.
The face of my friend.
The comfort of touch.
Give me one thing more;
Infuse me with Your Spirit
that I may attend to Your many gifts.
Forgive my fear.
Restore me to gratitude.
Pat Hoffman
Copyright © 1995
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