Complete in Thee: If You're Afraid of People, You Have Anthropophobia.... If you have fear of Bridges...

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

If You're Afraid of People, You Have Anthropophobia.... If you have fear of Bridges...

I came across this list of phobias in my Health book. Assured that I am not the only one who wants to memorize Lucy's list of Phobias in Charlie Brown's Christmas, I have decided to post them here. :-)

Acrophobia: Fear of Heights
Aerophobia: Fear of air or flying
Agoraphobia: Open Spaces
Androphobia: Fear of Men
Anthropophobia: Fear of people
Apiphobia: Fear of Bees
Astraphobia: Fear of storms, lighting, and thunder
Claustrophobia: Fear of enclosed spaces
Decidophobia: Fear of making decisions
Entomophobia: Fear of Insects
Ergophobia: Fear of Work
Gynephobia: Fear of Women
Hemophobia: Fear of Blood
Hydrophobia: Fear of Water
Microphobia: Fear of Bacteria
Monophobia: Fear of being alone
Necrophobia: Fear of death or corpses
Nyctophobia: Fear of darkness
Ochlophobia: Fear of crowds
Ophidiophobia: Fear of snakes
Phonophobia: Fear of speaking aloud
Sophophobia: Fear of Learning
Triskaidekaphobia: Fear of Number 13
Xenophobia: Fear of Strangers
Zoophobia: Fear of animals

Well, what do you think about that? (The only one missing is Fear of Everything. ;-) ) I "fear" that I am a very phobiatic person. :-) I tend towards androphobia, anthropophobia, astraphobia (that's my biggest phobia), claustrophobia, necrophobia, nyctophobia, ochlophobia, and xenophobia!! What phobias do you tend towards?

Praise the Lord that, if we are in Christ, we do not have to be bound by fear. "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind" (2 Timothy 1:7). We know that the God who created all things continues to control all things and watches over us at all times. He will give us courage to face our fears and strength to do what is right, regardless of our fears! What a great God we serve!

"Fear and faith are not fellow travelers." -Nate Saint

"There are reasons and reasons for hope and for happiness, and never one for fear." -Amy Carmichael

"Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. No one was there."

8 comments:

Anonymous said...: Neat post, Melanie! I'd have to say I have slight acrophobia, androphobia, I guess anthropophobia, often apiphobia, claustrophobia ( more leaning toward the fear of tight spaces, such as the idea of crawling through a small tunnel on your stomach or something like that :P), microphobia, monophobia, sometimes nyctophobia, ochlophobia, xenophobia....wow, that's a lot. :S Oh, and I should probably put ophidiophobia, but I have not come across too many of them in the wild. ( Thankfully :D). Good point at the end, Melanie; I like that last quote.; August 25, 2009 at 3:06 PM
Melanie said...: I had to check over the list when I read your comment. ;-)

Glad you haven't come across too many snakes. :-)

I like that last quote too. I think it was something inscribed on an old inn... but I couldn't find where I had written it down and just copied it from memory. :-); August 25, 2009 at 5:01 PM
ju said...: Those are funny! :):)
Thankyou for the encouraging comment you left on my tag post! I love yu!; August 26, 2009 at 9:01 AM
Melanie said...: Your welcome, Ju! I love you too!! :-) <3; August 26, 2009 at 9:49 AM
Meg said...: ok.... i have to know... what was the fear of bridges?!!!

cause that is definitely the one that would describe me.... totally freaked out about them :). SCARY...

MEG; August 27, 2009 at 9:38 AM
Melanie said...: I actually don't remember what fear of bridges is, but I think Lucy mentions that in her list... ;-) I'll have to look it up, or watch that Charlie Brown episode again. :-); August 27, 2009 at 10:13 AM
Amanda said...: I tend toward:
Androphobia
Entomophobia
I think that's it--I don't want to be a fearful person! ;)

That last quote is the best.

WV--Chess; August 27, 2009 at 10:37 AM
Amanda said...: Oh yeah! Apiphobia!

WV--Quagrn, and the second tim, Mulsh!!; August 27, 2009 at 10:38 AM

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PLEASE PRAY...

* That I would draw nearer to God every day and never allow my relationship to become stagnant ritual; particularly that I would grow in the area of submission, patience, 1 Corinthians 13 love, and wholehearted devotion

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And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience-- among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ--by grace you have been saved-- and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

"The heart set to do the Father's will need never fear defeat. His promises of guidance may be fully counted upon. Does it make sense to believe that the Shepherd would care less about getting His sheep where He wants them to go than they care about getting there?"

"God is God. Because He is God, He is worthy of my trust and obedience. I will find rest nowhere but in His holy will, a will that is unspeakably beyond my largest notions of what He is up to."

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"And shall I pray, Oh, change Thy will, my Father,
Until it be according unto mine?
Ah no, Lord, no, that never could be, rather
I pray Thee, Blend my human will with Thine."

"A crucified life cannot be self-assertive. It cannot protect itself. It cannot be startled into resentful words. The cup that is full of sweet water cannot spill bitter-tasting drops, however sharply it is knocked."

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Christ says: "Give me all. I don't want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work. I want you."

"I was not born to be free. I was born to adore and to obey."

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"I will not try to convince you of anything about God. I cannot. You must know Him. I only tell you I believe in Him with all my heart. You must ask Him to explain Himself to you, and not take it for granted that He has done you a wrong because He has done what you do not like. Whether you seek Him or not, He will do you justice. But He cannot explain Himself unless you seek Him."

"Sometimes a thunderbolt will shoot from a clear sky; and sometimes into the life of a peaceful individual, without warning of gathered storm, something terrible will fall. And from that moment everything is changed. That life is no more what it was. Better it ought to be, worse it may be. The result depends on the life itself and it's response to the invading storm of trouble. Forever after, it's spiritual weather is altered. But for the one who believes in God, such rending and frightful catastrophies never come but where they are turned around for good in his own life and in other lives he touches."