My eyes popped open and my heart raced when my phone buzzed at 1AM. Good news isn’t usually delivered at that hour. I hopped out of bed and grabbed my phone. “Mom, police have my dorm on lockdown and are running up and down the hall shouting. I don’t know what’s going on but I’m scared.” It was from Ashley, my college freshman daughter, over 7 hours away from me. I tried calling her but the reception was so bad neither of us could make out what the other was saying. Texting was my only option so I asked a series of questions trying to get a better handle of what was happening. My hands were shaking. My heart was racing. And I felt intensely helpless. Scary images assaulted my mind with all the possible scenarios a completely shaken mama conjures up in moments of frightening uncertainty. I sank down to my knees and begged God to clear my head and give me the words to text that would help… Read more from my incourage post, When Fear Chases Me, by clicking the link: incourage.me/2014/10/when-fear-chases-me.html
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 23:00:01 +0000