Editorial April 18, 1988 Issue

"Be not afraid"!

Ann Kenrick

Many people today are looking for ways to combat their fears. Fear may take different forms: worry about our health, family or friends, or loss of confidence in our ability to cope with the demands made on us in our everyday life. We may also have anxieties about the well-being of the world's children, or injustice for minorities, or possible nuclear annihilation. There would be few people, when asked, who could say they were completely free from fear.

Some try to ignore their fears, and others look to alcohol or drugs to soothe them and give them a temporary prop. Yet material palliatives often have a numbing effect on the mind and body, and they do not afford any permanent relief.

So where can we find the confidence and assurance that will help us to overcome our fears? The life of Christ Jesus is a good place to begin looking. Once when a ruler of the synagogue called on him urgently to heal his daughter who was dying, Jesus said, "Be not afraid, only believe." Mark 5:36. And he raised the child to life.

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