I will not be afraid of women.

As I posted earlier, I am giving up fear and doubt for Lent. Last Wednesday at the Lenten service, Michelle talked about getting uncomfortable in Lent. As hard as fear and doubt are, they are a very comfortable cop-out.

There is a woman I have been meaning to talk to about my business for many months. She is many things I am not: Tall, blond, stylish. I am normally not drawn to women like her for fear that there are junior high tendencies lurking behind the perfectly coifed hair, but I heard she was also very sweet.

So, yesterday I decided to talk to her. And then I chickened out. In wandering away, I remembered that I gave up fear and marched myself back to her. And I talked to her. And though I talked to her two years too late, I accomplished something pretty cool.

I shut fear out.