She sits next to me at the table. As we begin to discuss our lives she tells me that if I were to ask her a year ago she would have told me that her biggest fear in life was being homeless. "I always thought I was one pay check away from being homeless since I was a single mother and all. It scared me so much so that I couldn't even look at homeless people on the street." She speaks in a low yet self assured voice. I ask her what it feels like now. In between sips of coffee she tells me, "Ya know, I think God wanted to challenge me. He wanted to erase that fear and force me to lean on him more." She stopped pensively and went on to tell me that she knows God has a plan for her life. She expressed the sadness she feels about being homeless but also knows that, God wouldn't give her anything she couldn't handle. It's been two years she tells me forcing a smile on to her face.
1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear
