We go about life fearing. Fearing terrorists, fearing an accident, for our loved ones ... the list goes on.
This leaves no room for the ultimate fear ... the fear of God, and the ultimate Love that emanates from it.
I leant too late in life that you must fear God in order to love him. That is not to fear a backlash. That is punitive. Rather a fear born of awe and respect and yes, just that little tinge of fear - enough to put you on the straight path and not to veer too far from it.
Even that fear is grace in itself.
And when you fear God, you do not fear anyone else ...
This leaves no room for the ultimate fear ... the fear of God, and the ultimate Love that emanates from it.
I leant too late in life that you must fear God in order to love him. That is not to fear a backlash. That is punitive. Rather a fear born of awe and respect and yes, just that little tinge of fear - enough to put you on the straight path and not to veer too far from it.
Even that fear is grace in itself.
And when you fear God, you do not fear anyone else ...
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