Article June 8, 1987 Issue

Don't be afraid—only love

Fear is the great enemy of happiness and health. And divine Love is the great antidote.

Roy K. Bottorff

Fear seems to be a controlling factor in the thinking of most people, and, as a result, many are tormented by fear of lacking what they need, concern about sickness, about loneliness, and so on—an unending list.

But this need not be. The Bible shows us the way out of fearful living. It assures us of this great fact: "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear." I John 4:18. Here is the method for evicting the fears that enter into our everyday affairs: the reflection of the Love that knows no fear. Why does this reflection know no fear? Because God, divine Love, knows no fear.

Love stands alone in its infinitude, a law unto itself: the greatest force ever known. Yet it is as gentle as the sunrise when it lightens the earth. And it carries within itself a beauty more resplendent than the grandest of symphonies. Love, God, is constantly imparting harmony, grace, holiness, to His creation, man made in His image and likeness.

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