“Poetry” Offering, #2, I am Afraid
I Am Afraid………
I am afraid………
You want more
Than I have ever been ready
To give.
I am afraid………..
You will reject me
Because I am too slow to commit myself
To you.
I am afraid……….
You want me
To look at myself inside
Where I hide.
I am afraid………
You mean it
It’s not a game that you play
It’s real.
And I’m afraid……….
I’ll lose you
And I don’t want to be
Alone
I’m afraid…………
Please help me
To love you the way that you want it
To be
Written by Ann McQueen (now Ann Justin) October 29-31, 1980
Just some elementary thoughts on loving someone and the emotions involved in all of it, one of them being fear of commitment…….
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Insightful, that our vulnerability in love involves the call to also look more deeply into ourselves. . . Past the facades. . . Into truth. It’s funny how afraid we feel facing love, and yet the Bible tells us, “Perfect love casts out fear.” I used to think that meant my job was to cast fear out of my mind (something like you’d throw out a pest trying to get into your kitchen) and, oh, the effort I gave it! Now, I have come to believe that it is God’s love –consistently patient, kind, enduring–that has a delightful way of dissipating fear. My part ends up simply a joyful response to His character!
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