I’m not sure of the special phobia that describes Ruth’s fear of water, but I know I have to write about it in my blog.
Arachnophobia is the name for my own debilitating fear, and I could write and tell you how the Lord delivered me from this, but that would be a tale of far away and long ago. But this is an up to date story of a friend in my age range. A bit late to be delivered, you may think?
‘I’m sorry, Dear,I can’t. I would be so afraid.’
Ruth’s daughter had planned a cruise for this special anniversary, and insisted she wanted all the family to come. Not just her granddaughter, but her son in law too was begging her to come. How blessed she was that they wanted her. Maybe she should consider it?
But the more she thought about it the more agitated she became and tossed and turned all night.
‘Mum, just ask the Lord to give you peace,’ her daughter counselled her.
Ruth did. That night she slept right through and as she awoke found the words of an old hymn were on her lips. She lay in bed and sang it.
‘Anywhere with Jesus I can safely go.’ And the chorus is, ‘Anywhere, anywhere fear I cannot know…..’
This wasn’t the end of this story. Having agreed to go, she didn’t have her passport, but somehow God smoothed out every problem and she enjoyed every moment of this wonderful holiday.
So even if we have struggled with some phobia for many years, we aren’t too young or too old for God to step in and help us.
David said, ‘This poor man cried and the Lord heard him and delivered him from all his fears.’
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