3.12.2018

no place for fear


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it is reaching out
it wraps around our hearts
its dark, cold fingers
searching, grasping
r e a c h i n g
for the inside
for that precious space
where there's only room
for one thing
it wants to inhabit
the deepest parts
but that's not all
when it comes
it comes to kill
to twist and break
to snuff out the light
to  d e s t r o y 

but there is yet hope
because

we are also reaching,
reaching out
we reach for the light
we reach for the truth
we are searching, grasping,
r e a c h i n g 
for the truth
which overcomes
and overwhelmes
and drives out the lies
that want to take over
that precious space
sacred for one thing
but no, we will fight back
the death and the dark
are slipping away
in  d e f e a t 

because
there is no place for worldly fear
in a soul redeemed

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there is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. // 1 John 4:18

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10 comments:

  1. Around the same time, you published a post on fear being bad and I published one on fear being good.

    Of course, that is to oversimplify things; I think that both are true. When the only one Who is worth fearing says to us, 'fear not,' what else remains in all of reality that we might fear? I think I want to blog about this on Saturday...

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    1. I actually hesitated whether to publish this post or not, since I didn't want it to be taken the wrong way. (That's what I included the phrase "worldly fear". I was going for the kind of fear that He tells us we should not have as His children... irrational, untrusting fear, maybe?) Anyway, like you said, both are true. You really can't have one without the other, since the fear of the Lord leads to His perfect love and "perfect love casts out all fear".

      Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Jordy. I would love to read your further thoughts on this subject Saturday! xx

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  2. Great poem and so true! Thanks for writing!
    bensshowersofblessings.blogspot.com
    -Brooklyne

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    1. Thank you, and thanks for stopping by, Brooklyne! xx

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