Fearlessness in it of itself is defined by thefreecreditdictionary.com as, "a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear.”
This attribute of God commonly known as fearlessness has obcviesly been displayed by God himself. The time this attribute is shown can be seen in the common example of his crucifixion. The ultimite act of love and sacrafice and dying to oneself is definetly a way of displaying fearlessness. However, we are all called to strive to be like God and as such all of us are called to be fearless as well. Many great people have displayed this attribute of God throughout history.
When I think of fearlessness, I think of David in the Bible who was armed with a few stones and slingshot in hopes that he would defeat the fully armored giant, Goliath.
When I think of fearlessness, I think of America’s founding fathers who formulated words of thought which translated to words of the pen which translated to words of pages which in turn translated to words that would from a great nation.
When I think of fearlessness, I think of the soldiers in World War II who stormed Normandy beach. Those men knew that most of them were not going to live to see the next morning, yet they knew that what they were doing was for the happiness and vicotry of many.
When I think of fearlessness, I think of Jackie Robinson, who depsite an extreme amount of adversity, overcame all odds and brought down the racial prejudice and discrimination in sports and did so without violence but by leading by example.
When I think of fearlessness, I think of Mother Teresa the little nun who ventured into the dangerous slums in Calcutta, India. In those slums she nursed some of India’s most sickly back to health and taught them all about he who made blind men see and lame beggers walk.
All of these listed above had this attribute of God: Fearlessness! All did what they did for a god prupose, for a Godly purpose. Now don’t get scared, not all of you are called to do world changing things in your life. However, we are all called to be fearless throughout our normal, everyday life. I can list some more people who have this attribute of fearlessness and while they are not changing the wordl direclty, they are still inspirirng me to be like them.
When I think of fearlessness, I think of my 10-year-old brother, Samuel who is always ready and willing to help in any way he possibly can. Weather it is at home with our mom, for his baseball team, or for his freinds, he is ready for any challenge thrown his direction.
When I think of fearlessness, I think of Minnisota Vikings football player, Adrian Peterson, who isn’t afraid to speak out for his beliefs and for traditional marraige and against hoosexual marraige. He is a fish swimming upstream, doing things out of the norm and for the he is fearless.
When I think of fearlessness, I think of my best friend who went through a multitude of storms in the past two years and overcame all and is now closer to Jesus than this person ever was before.
When I think of fearlessness, I think of Miss Kya Connolly and Miss Christine David. Miss Connolly has been diagnosed with a harsh disease and even though she has been in the hospital way more than she has been at home as of late, whenever I saw her she was laughing and smiling. Miss David blogged about Miss Connolly and asked many people to pray for Kya and her health. I can see Christ in both these young ladies and they are a true inspiration.
When I think of fearlessness, I think of my parents, Tony and Cyndi Ojeda. They are pretty much as perfect as perfect parents can get. They have always been there for me and my four siblings. Weather we were feeling happy, mad, weird, or sad, they were alwasy there happy with us, telling us to be happy when we were mad, acting wierd with us, or crying with us when we were sad......well not really my dad, he doesn’t cry, like ever. I love my parents to the moon and back and would not trade them for all the money in the world.
Now not all of these people I have listed are changing the world directly, but they are changing the world one small act at a time by displaying the attribute of God known as fearlessness. If there is anyone in your life who inspires you to be fearless, comment below and let their name be seen so that people can recognize them for being fearless.
Before I end this first post of mine, I would like to leave anyone reading with the words to a song I started listening to.
"As I stand in the eye of the storm,
It's Your love that keeps guiding me home.
I am fearless. Through the dark, You're my light and salvation oh within me. We’ll trust in you Lord. I am Fearless.”
