"There is no room in love for fear. Well-formed love banishes fear. Since fear is crippling, a fearful life, - fear of death, fear of judgment - is one not yet fully formed in love."Wow! I can completely relate to that! I fear a lot of things. My last blog was about fear. It's scary to think that my fear is keeping me from loving fully. The other part that got me was,
"If [I] won't love the person [I] can see, how can [I] love the God [I] can't see?"That's really profound to me. If I can't love the people I am with, how can I fully love God? God says to do both. And Man, that's hard sometimes. I want to love unconditionally, and without restraints.
Then today, I struggled with the question how? God tells me to love everybody. So what happens when I don't know how to love someone? What happens when I don't know what a person needs? How can I know how to love them fully, without restraint? I can love them how I feel like they might need it. But what if that's not how they need love? What if that's not enough?
Hmmm, I guess all of these questions come from fear. I'm afraid of not doing enough. Not being enough. Not showing love enough.
God, help me to love... without restraints... without fear.
love, fear... all things that we struggle with... all valid. all tough.
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Beautiful Lisa.... Oh how I want to love Him - know Him - love others fully and be fearless as well. ...things that have been on my mind too. "He who began the good work in you will be faithful to complete it." - - it's His work. We sit here as the clay. Mold us Jesus! Let us sit in Your sun shine so we can soak You in. Then shine out. How? I don't know... It's Your miracle work. Help us to wait patiently on You - to work in and through us. Lisa - He's at work in you. I am the recipient. I love you back! aunt nw
ReplyDeleteLisa! THis verse brought me so much hope today! I want you to know you aren't the only one that fears. I get so frustrated with my fear I want to punch it in the face. It is so silly. Yet It is so real. real enough that it can't be taken down by violence. Thanks for sharing. Glad I stumbled upon this today :)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I accidentally clicked on this. (My teacher's website is mangosandbananas. haha.) It gave me hope and truth that I'm not alone.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the inspiration! Fear, I can and WILL slap you in the face with the help of the Lord.