Afraid of All the Things by Scarlet Hiltibidal

Afraid of All the Things by Scarlet Hiltibidal

What does the gospel say about your fears? What does it say about the irrational ones, like sinkholes in the Target parking lot? How does it speak to the rational ones, like pet scan predictions? And does the gospel have a word for the fears you feel you'll have for life, like the possibility of losing the one you love most?

Growing up in the green room of SNL, being born to a fire-eater and adopted by a SWAT cop, having internal organs explode, and adopting a deaf girl from China, Scarlet Hiltibidal has been given some strange life experiences--and lived in fear through most of them.

But life changed for Scarlet when she learned to hold the gospel up to her fears. She realized that though she can't fix herself or protect herself, Jesus walked into this broken, sad, scary place to rescue, love, and cast out her--and your--fear.

Seeing life in light of the cross will help you avoid fear, overcome fear when you can't avoid it, and live beyond fear when you don't overcome it. You don't have to be afraid of all the things.

Scarlet Hiltibidal is the author of Scared of Everything, He Numbered the Pores on My Face, and Nervous, among other works. She writes for ParentLife magazine and She Reads Truth on a regular basis, and she loves speaking to women all over the country about the freedom and rest that Jesus offers. Scarlet has a biblical counseling degree and formerly taught elementary school before turning to writing. She and her husband live in Southern California, where she enjoys signing autographs with her three girls, eating nachos alone, writing for her friends, and learning stand-up comedy with a devotion that should be saved for more important endeavors.