The worst fear
is to fear the truth. But truth is nothing to fear if we take courage.
The truth of fear
is strongest when we fear the truth. But fear is a veneer. Its bark is worse
than its bite.
The best of life
comes in the embracing of truth most personal. The more personal a truth, the
more fear. But if humiliation won’t kill us, what can?
Always does the
truth look ugly from afar. But to draw closer is to notice its beauty. There is
nothing more reliable and trustworthy than the truth. Facing truth is its own
reward.
To inhabit the
truth is to live with freedom. Truth is a safe house and facing fear is the
doorway in. Truth is also the way out of incarceration.
To meet fear is
to meet the truth. But to deny the truth is to hide from the fears that could
free us.
When there is no
fear of fear the truth stands exposed and is no more a threat. We can become
everything God has ordained us to become.
Peace, Love, Hope and
Joy – Rewards for Facing Fears
When we no
longer fear our fear there is then no barrier to joy and to peace. And we are
free to love. Love is no longer an unbearable cost. Then, right before us, is
freedom.
Joy stands apart because we fear the truth. Because we cannot go
near sorrow and pain and despair, neither can we go near joy.
Peace eludes us when we stand apart from our fear. Always
striving for peace, we will find it elsewhere than its source: the spirituality
of a relationship with God.
Love can be no asset when we fear our truth. Love, as to peace
and joy, stands at a distance.
Joy swells in the victory of facing fear. We cannot have joy
without dealing with our pain. We cannot have peace without dealing with our
conflict. We cannot have love if we do not deal with our fear.
Peace attaches to us whom reconcile with our truth. Righteousness
is the progeny of utilising truth; and, peace and righteousness are linked
(Psalm 85:10; Isaiah 32:17; 48:18; James 3:18).
Love is the competence of fear mastered. Truth abided by
teaches mastery over fear.
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To value our fear, to prize that which scares us, that’s the
beginning of humility; the fundamental component of learning.
© 2014 S. J. Wickham.
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