There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear (1 John 4:18)

Fear sometimes paralyzes me, other times it makes me stupid things and over 32 months ago it drove me to drugs. So what am I afraid of? Lots of stuff; loneliness, abandonment, rejections, failure…just to name a few. What is so amazing about the verse is that perfect love conquers all.

It has taken me years to figure out that the love spoken about in the verse is not how I love my parents or the hot female that I would like to hook up with. The love in this verse is an action. When Christ came to earth to die on the cross for my sins….that is “perfect love.” Before anyone thinks Im some biblical scholar or wants to argue the point above…

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love (1 John 4:8)

I have quit trying to figure out eros love and whom I am supposed to be with or who I am to love. What I have decided is I need to show Christ like love to all that I come across. Does this mean that I never get hurt? I wish. What it does mean is that instead of running away in fear, I accept everything and trust God is in control.