Editorial March 27, 1978 Issue

The phobia grip—broken by Love

Nathan A. Talbot

God loves you. Without interruption. Where you are, He is. When you need Him, He is there. Because He loves you, He is never absent. You can find His care and protection, shelter and safety, in the largest crowds or most desolate countryside, in the heights reached by a satellite or the depths reached by a submarine. He is there because He is omnipresent and His love for you is constant.

But God does more than love you. God is Love. And Love is the only power. It is the eternal substance of all reality. Love forever maintains man in perfection. There could never be a time—even an instance—when man could be made to suppose himself separated from the ever-present, all-embracing care of divine Love. Man need not—he cannot—escape from God. We can awake to Love's allness.

Phobos, the ancient Greek deity who provoked fear and panic, was a myth. And so are his modern descendants—a long string of phobias. They no longer need to be worshiped as power. They needn't be bowed down to or granted authority, influence, or control in human lives. They are not believable to the consciousness of Love. Christian Science brings healing and release to those in modern society suffering from the ancient belief in a power capable of causing fear. It reveals the supreme presence of God as divine Love and enables us to respond effectively to the biblical charge: "Be not afraid of sudden fear .... For the Lord shall be thy confidence."^{ Prov. 3:25, 26;}

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