iDoubt.
I have doubts. Unbeliefs. Approval-denials.
I really hope this isn’t a surprise to anyone.
The problem is that I didn’t think I had them. (And, I still don’t know if my doubts are real.)
I am constantly telling myself that doubts are fear-based thoughts. That they’re not really real.
THEY ARE REAL- they exist. Small to large, minute to ginormous, funny to serious, uneventful to life-changing, secular to religious.
The hardest part is that, at the same time, I hate them and cling to them.
What about you? Doubts- got em? How do you deal?
what comes first the doubt or the fear? Sometimes I see doubts as building blocks for my confidence fortress while other times it seems to be the anvil that hold me back from succeeding and yet still it seems to be the tool the Holy Spirit uses to prevent me from bad choices.
Doubts are good things though.
They cause us to examine what we think we know to see if it is truly what we believe.
I have doubts – most that know me would be surprised but I do. My biggest re-occurring doubt is the perennial “does God exist” one. It doesn’t typically take me long to go through my checklist of why He has to before I’m safe back in my beliefs.
But that doubt is usually triggered by my lack of perception or understanding of a concept or idea in my walk – example being that I “don’t clearly hear God talk” so I then quetsion why my prayers aren’t answered which leads to the big doubt!
So true man!
Thanks for reminding me that I’m normal!