{"id":1862,"date":"2021-03-23T09:56:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T22:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/?p=1862"},"modified":"2021-03-23T09:56:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T22:56:08","slug":"feeling-afraid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/feeling-afraid\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeling Afraid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How funny human emotions are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At beginning of this year, I asked people to pray for a few projects I would like to do. I was excited about the prospect of doing bigger things than before. I was delighted to find the connections. And even few days earlier, was thankful for the way God orchestrated things to work out well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And this morning, when I opened my email, and found 3 acknowledgements on a bigger stage. I was seized with fear. The phrase I often read this year is &#8220;unchartered territory&#8221;. That&#8217;s probably how I would describe this feeling. I no longer have any idea where is this going or bring me to. What I could see and sense, it is a wilderness; I could no longer go back, and if I proceed forward, I don&#8217;t know where it will lead me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How funny our emotion isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am simply glad that Jesus loves me. When He returns, I would bring up my works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How funny human emotions are. At beginning of this year, I asked people to pray for a few projects I would like to do. I was excited about the prospect of doing bigger things than before. 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