of so many things
people's hearts failing from fear
paralyzed and drowning in fear
How many times you say,
Don't be afraid
Fear Not
perfect love casts out fear I John 4:18
only you are perfect
only your love is perfect
help me to believe and receive
You
your perfect love
Because YOU ARE LOVE
19 It was the first day of the week. That evening Jesus’ followers were together. The doors were locked, because they were afraid of the Jews.
Then Jesus came and stood among them.
He said, “Peace be with you!”
20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side....
Then Jesus came and stood among them.
He said, “Peace be with you!”
20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side....
24 Thomas (called Didymus) was not with the followers when Jesus came. Thomas was 1 of the 12. 25 The other followers told Thomas, “We saw the Lord.”
But Thomas said, “I will not believe it until I see the nail marks in his hands. And I will not believe until I put my finger where the nails were and put my hand into his side.”
26 A week later the followers were in the house again. Thomas was with them. The doors were locked, but Jesus came in and stood among them.
He said, “Peace be with you!”
27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here. Look at my hands. Put your hand here in my side. Stop doubting and believe.”
He said, “Peace be with you!”
27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here. Look at my hands. Put your hand here in my side. Stop doubting and believe.”
28 Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
John 20:19 - 20 International Children's Bible
What Jesus gave to Thomas was himself
"put your finger here.
look at my hands.
put your hand here in my side"
In the midst of my grief and struggles and terrors
YOU come saying, 'Peace be with you!"
YOU offer to me
not reasons
or explanations
or my why's answered
or any security
except YOURSELF
or any security
except YOURSELF
You invite me to touch YOU
where you were pierced
where you were rejected by those you came to love and save
where you were cruelly mocked and scorned
where you despised and abandoned
even by your Heavenly Father
"My God! My God! Why have you Forsaken Me?"
Yes LORD
I see you
there is peace in you alone
Your love reaching out to me in a broken and scarred body
your willingness to suffer
not because you had to
but because you chose to love
Because YOU ARE LOVE
You love me and have promised to be with me
no matter what
He loved his own until the end
Now before the Passover Feast, Jesus knew that His hour had come [and it was time] for Him to leave this world and return to the Father. Having [greatly] loved His own who were in the world, He loved them [and continuously loves them with His perfect love] to the end (eternally). John 13"1 Amplified
Write:
When feeling afraid - what am i feeling fear about?
what am I afraid of?
express it in words to you who love me
tell you all about it
See you and your perfect love
Isaiah 53
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+531 John 4:18aNew King James Version (NKJV)
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear,
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