Extemporaneous musings, occasionally poetic, about life in its richly varied dimensions, especially as relates to history, theology, law, literature, science, by one who is an attorney, ordained minister, historian, writer, and African American.
Saturday, January 14, 2017
CONFRONTING TRUMP FEARS
CONFRONTING TRUMP FEARS
Fear is vanquished by power and love and a sound mind. "Power" means to possess the capacity to destroy. "Love" means to express empathy. "Sound mind" means wisdom and discretion in the exercise of these.
Absence of them all spawns fear.
But "God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind."
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If not God, then, whence fear?
Ask yourself this question as our unwarranted hysteria of President-Elect Donald Trump darkens our senses, plugs our ears, numbs our feelings, neuters our taste buds, stifles our scents and impairs our intuitions, with January 20, 2017, looming but days away from now.
Gut check! Fear check! History check! Abnormal fear defies faith. Hold on to your God-given power, love, especially to sound minds!