ECTC 2010

God used a couple thngis to get me over my main fears. I had a fear of death when I was younger. I knew where I was going, but I feared dying or at least the pain of it. I always thought the worst way to die would be drowning. One day, I was swimming at the local pool and I decided to try to break my record of how many somersaults I could do while holding my breath. My previous record was something like eight in a row (I dont remember the exact details). I got to eight and felt like I was going to die, but I was determined to keep going. I got to about ten and I started feeling okay again. I was passing out and didnt know it. I thought I was at like twelve or thirteen and then God literally woke me up to the fact that I was sideways on the bottom of the pool. I jumped up and was completely fine, but God used that to conquer my worst fear. The second worst fear was almost dying and being stuck in a hospital with tubes in me and stuff. This last summer, I had a pretty major jaw surgery and God took care of that fear as well. Let me tell you from experience God provides enough grace and help to get through any of these thngis even the thngis that we fear the most.