Last week, I was at home in N.Ireland to help my parents clear out the attic where our belongings had accumulated for several decades. It was a trip down memory lane as I came across school jotters, A-Level files, my beloved Paddington bear, my childhood dolls.... I had kept probably every personal letter I'd ever received, but due to instructions to be ruthless, I allocated them to the 'dispose-of pile' with the exception of one. It happened to be in my own handwriting addressed to my sister when I was a student and the reason I kept it was due to the fact that it contained an excerpt of Spurgeon's commentary on the following verse : Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness . Isaiah 41:10. Spurgeon writes: Fear of falling is wholesome. To be venturesome is no sign of wisdom. Times come to us when we feel that we must go do...