"Perfect love casts out all fear." - 1 John 4:18.
I've heard people quote that verse all my life. I feel like it was meant to be comforting, but it never brought me comfort, just guilt. Because I was always afraid - so that must mean my "love" wasn't perfect enough. I needed to love God more, love my neighbors more, love my enemies more, so that the fear would finally be cast out. But it never was, because with every person I loved, there was a new fear - that I would love them too much and then God would take them away.
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