There Is NO Fear In Perfect Love

When I was a child I was afraid of the dark. I didn't like going to bed because it meant the lights would go out. I knew there were monsters under the bed just waiting to come out and get me. My older brother, with whom I shared a bedroom, liked the dark and could sleep better when the lights were off.

After Mom or Dad would come tuck us in and read, the lights went out and we were expected to go to sleep - no excuse! Fortunately for me I slept next to a window. The next-door neighbors had a carport that abutted our bedroom, and on occasion they'd leave the light on over night. It was always nice when they forgot to turn it off because I felt that everything would be alright.

Perfect love casts out fear. It's the light shining in the night illuminating the shadows. Fear lurks in the dark/confusion of