Fear is the opposite of love
This excerpt from "Stevie Ray Vaughan, Caught In The Crossfire" by Joe Nick Patoski and Bill Crawford is a letter Stevie wrote when he was in rehab and he is talking about what he was running from...
And one of them was me. I was a thirty-two-year-old with a six-year-old kid inside of me, scared and wandering where love is . . . I came to realize that the alcohol problem, the drug problem, and the fear were all symptoms of an underlying problem that's called lack of love. Once you really become an addict or an alcoholic, the drink and drugs just take the place of people you care about and those people who care about you. You forget about love, you reject love. You become consumed by fear . . . . I was scared that somebody would find out I was scared. And now I'm finally realizing that fear is the opposite of love.
My prayer for you and me...Father, thank you for moving heaven and earth to reach me. Hasten your moves with others so that they might know you, too.
And one of them was me. I was a thirty-two-year-old with a six-year-old kid inside of me, scared and wandering where love is . . . I came to realize that the alcohol problem, the drug problem, and the fear were all symptoms of an underlying problem that's called lack of love. Once you really become an addict or an alcoholic, the drink and drugs just take the place of people you care about and those people who care about you. You forget about love, you reject love. You become consumed by fear . . . . I was scared that somebody would find out I was scared. And now I'm finally realizing that fear is the opposite of love.
My prayer for you and me...Father, thank you for moving heaven and earth to reach me. Hasten your moves with others so that they might know you, too.
Love,
Frank
In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him. There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
We love because he first loved us.
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