Put on your armor

One of the best defenses against fear is to not give it a foothold in your life to begin with.

Endure suffering along with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. Soldiers don’t get tied up in the affairs of civilian life, for then they cannot please the officer who enlisted them. (2 Timothy 2:3-4)

The Armor of God, mentioned in Ephesians 6, talks about a piece of armor that symbolizes righteousness. That used to confuse me. How did that even work?…