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last week while i was in the bible study room a discussion of the scripture in 1 John 4:18 there is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear: I was searching the net for what was said about "perfect love" and I found this and it was the hugest blessing and as you read it i believe you will be blessed in it also : To me its about a woman perfected in the perfect love of God 
Perfect love casts out fear.
Posted in General Posts by Meghan Tschanz on 5/6/2012
Ok I am going to be honest here. For the first time since I have started preparing for the World Race I am suddenly hit with a huge panic.
It came out of nowhere, but it seems like for the first time since I have started this venture, I am seeing raising $15,500 through the world’s eyes. I am starting to understand why people give me a crazy look when I tell them what I am going to do.
I don’t know if many people really believe this is going to happen.
And that is scary.
But there is this verse in the Bible that I am reminded of when I get scared.
“Perfect love casts out fear.” (1 John 4:18)
What does that even mean? Sometimes I think about that and struggle to understand it. How do you even get perfect love?
And then I remember that I already have it, that Christ’s love for me IS perfect. And I don’t really even understand everything that perfect love entails.
I start by thinking what I know of love.
The Bible says that love is
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.” (1 Corinthians 13:4-8)
“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.” (1 John 3:16)
And when Jesus gives us His greatest commandment, He says this
“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” (Luke 10:27)
I could go on and on about all of the verses in Bible that speak of love.
And most of us read it and think, of course, love is really obvious. It seems to be the “right” answer to everything.
But really how much do we really understand of this thing that can only be felt and given. What does it mean to love, and how does perfect love cast out fear?
This is what I know of love, what I have experienced.
Love is so powerful it can bring a hardened criminal to tears. Love is so gentle it makes a shy child open up. Love is so strong that it breaks down bondages people have lived for in years. Love is so fragile that one mistake can threaten to destroy it. Love is so comforting that it makes you feel at home in the most foreign situations. Love is so patient it will wait for years, hoping to be found. Love is so selfless that it gives the shirt of it’s own back. Love is joyous that you can’t wipe the smile off of your face. Love is so brave that it causes us to do crazy things.
I could go on.
When I think of way that God loves me it brings tears to my eyes.
How do I even describe it? The way that God makes me feel at home wherever I am. The way that I can feel his smile on me, or the comfort that brings courage, or the nudge that causes me to be a better person.
I think of the person that I was and the person I am now.
I think of the way the He relentlessly pursued me, to bring me to the place that I am today.
Somehow he turned a selfish, desperate for love, attention-seeking girl into a woman who is confident that her purpose here is to be a light. A woman who loves fully, takes risks in Jesus’ name and hears His voice. A woman who knows the beauty that God created her to be.
Oh, how incredibly blessed I have been.
I guess when I think about it, though I will never fully understand this concept of love, just beginning to understand it is enough.
And when I dwell in His love, my fear is erased.
Don’t you understand? He LOVES us! He died on the cross for us, He IS going to take care of us.
Perfect love, dwelling upon that concept that I can’t even fully understand, has completely driven away my fear.
So instead of letting fear rule my life, I will dwell in Christ’s love. I will seek it with everything that I have.
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given.
~Mother Teresa
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Perfect love casts out fear.
Ok I am going to be honest here. For the first time since I have started preparing for the World Race I am suddenly hit with a huge panic.
It came out of nowhere, but it seems like for the first time since I have started this venture, I am seeing raising $15,500 through the world’s eyes. I am starting to understand why people give me a crazy look when I tell them what I am going to do.
I don’t know if many people really believe this is going to happen.
And that is scary.
But there is this verse in the Bible that I am reminded of when I get scared.
“Perfect love casts out fear.” (1 John 4:18)
What does that even mean? Sometimes I think about that and struggle to understand it. How do you even get perfect love?
And then I remember that I already have it, that Christ’s love for me IS perfect. And I don’t really even understand everything that perfect love entails.
I start by thinking what I know of love.
The Bible says that love is
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.” (1 Corinthians 13:4-8)
“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.” (1 John 3:16)
And when Jesus gives us His greatest commandment, He says this
“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” (Luke 10:27)
I could go on and on about all of the verses in Bible that speak of love.
And most of us read it and think, of course, love is really obvious. It seems to be the “right” answer to everything.
But really how much do we really understand of this thing that can only be felt and given. What does it mean to love, and how does perfect love cast out fear?
This is what I know of love, what I have experienced.
Love is so powerful it can bring a hardened criminal to tears. Love is so gentle it makes a shy child open up. Love is so strong that it breaks down bondages people have lived for in years. Love is so fragile that one mistake can threaten to destroy it. Love is so comforting that it makes you feel at home in the most foreign situations. Love is so patient it will wait for years, hoping to be found. Love is so selfless that it gives the shirt of it’s own back. Love is joyous that you can’t wipe the smile off of your face. Love is so brave that it causes us to do crazy things.
I could go on.
When I think of way that God loves me it brings tears to my eyes.
How do I even describe it? The way that God makes me feel at home wherever I am. The way that I can feel his smile on me, or the comfort that brings courage, or the nudge that causes me to be a better person.
I think of the person that I was and the person I am now.
I think of the way the He relentlessly pursued me, to bring me to the place that I am today.
Somehow he turned a selfish, desperate for love, attention-seeking girl into a woman who is confident that her purpose here is to be a light. A woman who loves fully, takes risks in Jesus’ name and hears His voice. A woman who knows the beauty that God created her to be.
Oh, how incredibly blessed I have been.
I guess when I think about it, though I will never fully understand this concept of love, just beginning to understand it is enough.
And when I dwell in His love, my fear is erased.
Don’t you understand? He LOVES us! He died on the cross for us, He IS going to take care of us.
Perfect love, dwelling upon that concept that I can’t even fully understand, has completely driven away my fear.
So instead of letting fear rule my life, I will dwell in Christ’s love. I will seek it with everything that I have.
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given.
~Mother Teresa
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