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Not a lot of people like bugs. Most people may overreact or go crazy when they see a bug near them or around them. People have a tendency to let their fear of particular insects cause them to react in a way that, honestly, can be unnecessary.

Most of the time, after school, I’ll sit outside to wait for my mom to pick me up. Since it was such a beautiful, sunny day, I decided one day to just stay out there to wait and even begin some work in the meantime. However, I was distracted by the presence of a bee flying around me and the bench I was sitting on. My first initial thought was to scream and run, but I did something different. I looked at the bee and saw how small it was compared to me. I thought in my head “If I just stay still, it’ll pass by”. I kept doing my work while trying not to make any sudden movements that may trigger the bee. After that, the bee left, but eventually came back and that’s when I panicked.

The whole point is that we should not be so quick to react to our circumstances and situations we may go through. We shouldn’t allow small things to cause us to move differently when all God wants from us is to be still and stay firm in our faith in him. One of the common bible stories is Jesus calming the storm. The merchants on the boat were scared for their lives while Jesus was resting during the storm. One of the most important things Jesus says is, “Oh, you of little faith”. The merchants in that situation didn’t know what to do, yet they failed to realize that they had access to a  powerful God that could calm the storm. Jesus had rebuked the wind and calmed the waters. He had spoken peace over the waters, and that’s what we must do as Christians and followers of Christ. We must speak peace through our situations, but it starts with peace in our minds. Our mindset and faith are what determine how we’ll make it out of a situation, because that’s where God gives us power, including what we speak into the atmosphere. We must always take into consideration that nothing we go through individually is meant to harm us, and we can’t make our situations seem so powerful and huge, because that means we’re giving our situations power over us. So…the best way to overcome anything we go through is to be still to change our mindsets and remember that we serve a God who will not put more on us than we can bear. 

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