Nehemiah 2:2
So the king said to me, "Why is your face sad though you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of heart." Then I was very much afraid.

I hate conflict and turmoil within relationships. Some days you just have them, though. It is good to have a King who asks of you about your sadness of heart. The "afraid" part for us today in Nehemiah's passage is telling the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob about your troubled heart. As C.S. Lewis described the Lion in the Chronicles of Narnia,
"Safe?" said Mr. Beaver; "don't you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the King, I tell you." --Mr. Beaver to the Pevensie Children, LWW

John 10:10
"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

So, God does not promise a "safe" ride through life, He does promise an abundant life... and to be before us and behind as we walk through it. I am trusting in what He says. He is the living water, and I want to be drenched within that.