His Love Trumps Fear
Alright. I confess.
I have a problem sometimes
(like most of the human race)
feeling loved and accepted as I am for who I am.....
the fear of rejection a hounding presence ... keeping close company ...
shadowing & hindering relationship.
Trust, I've learned, is to be treated with respect, extended guardedly
and certainly not without full awareness that it, disappointment, and betrayal often go hand in hand.
Getting too close to people and allowing people to get too close to me frightens me - plain & simple.
I wake in the darkness of night swallowing panic
fending off palpable enemies of dread and worry
creating resolve to back up, back off, back away but ....
I've never had a problem trusting Jesus.
He won me over by a LOVE so pure
so amazing so brilliant so all-encompassing
so accepting and nurturing and forgiving and assuring
without condemnation .... and measureless!
Taking away my fear, my shame, my sin and iniquity,
replacing it with joy and peace and power and hope
and a knowledge that I am loved
by Someone who defines the word "LOVE"!
Mighty King of the Universe!
My Deliverer!
Defender!
Strong Tower!
Refuge!
Lover of my Soul!
Who would never leave me, misrepresent me, abandon me,
reject me, betray me, threaten me, wish me ill .....
or ever hang me out to dry!
But pursues me and woos me
ardently, tenderly, committedly, relentlessly, passionately
with a love SO incomprehensible.
I could never walk away from that kind of LOVE!
No, never!!
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