I sat through a seminar about procrastinating at a conference I was at last week. Though the speaker had a pneumonic device to overcome procrastinating, I walked away from the teaching knowing that I simply needed to face my fear. Every example he used from his life mentioned that he was scared by the task at hand.

A woman at my church once told me, “Dreading is worse than doing.” Yet even though I repeat these words over and over in my head, I still let fear get in the way of my life.

So, I thought about the tasks that I have been dreading. There were a few phone calls I needed to make. Another had to do with a mistake I had made a few weeks before. I was scared to confront my mistake and admit my error. The biggest thing I was putting off was figuring out my finances for the upcoming year. In my head I am convinced that if I don’t think about it, it will go away.

But I am convinced that God wants me to be responsible. He wants me to fear nothing, but have a reverent-awe sort of fear of Him.

So this morning I dealt with the phone calls I needed to make. It was a good step in facing my fears.

From now on I will be scared tomorrow.