Dentist – is the single word definition for pain & fear. I finally faced the dentist yesterday, and it took alot of courage. So today I am going to write about courage.

Yesterday I felt like the Cowardly Lion from “The Wizard of Oz”.

I was freaking out all morning. I was not looking forward to going to the dentist. I have always had the worst experience with pain everytime I went. I was fighting it the whole way, but my wife made me go. She was my Dorothy. Even though she was making me go I was determined to find a way out of it. I rode my motorcycle that day so I started praying for rain. Guess what it didn’t come in time. Well it was about an hour or two before it was time for me to go when I decided since God wasn’t going to bring the rain maybe He had a word for me. Sure enough I turned to Psalm 27:1 – “The Lord is my Light & Salvation; whom shall I fear?” I told myself the dentist thats who. The passage continues on – “the Lord is the Strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” I was telling myself didn’t I already answer this one? THE DENTIST!
At first I was like this is not helping me Lord, and then I started focusing on the fact that it says the Lord is my Strength, and I knew right then that He was reminding me that I need him. In my weakness He makes me strong. I continued turning the pages in my Bible when I came across Psalm 34:4 – “I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.” Sure enough He did. I wasn’t scared anymore. Now I was like Aslan from the “Chronicles of Narnia.”

Do you want to hear the funny part of it all. As soon as I got out of the dentist office I got rained on. God works in mysterious ways. I think it was His way of laughing at me.
My appointment went good. I really needed to go, and I did feel alot of pain, but my fear was gone. Now I have a series of appointments to attend for about the next two months, so I am hoping things go smoother next time.