Lack part 4
"I must not fear. Fear is the mindkiller. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration." That's from the book Dune, but Frank Herbert. I've used this quote before, but its pretty powerful. And I think it fits when we're talking about lack. Because really, what is lack but a fear of not having what we need? Or a fear of not being who we need to be. Now, add this to that: "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love" (1 John 4:18). People always want to talk about love and hate as two sides of the same coin. But I'm convinced that love and fear are the opposite. I think hate is just "love" taken to a dangerous level. And I put it in quotes because when you hate someone its usually because you want something from them that they won't give. And love is never about getting. But fear is different animal. Fear has torment. We torment OURSELVES. What's that quote (and yes, I know I'm being quote-y today), "We buy things we don't need, with money we don't have, to impress people we don't like." I think that one's from Fight Club. But it rings true. We try so hard to be someone we're not because we're afraid people won't like who we are. We try so hard to get what we (think we) haven't got because we're afraid that we don't have enough. We live our lives from a place of lack. Always chasing the carrot, and always ending up with the stick. Banging our heads against the wall and only coming out of the deal with a headache. Well, I'm here to tell you that you don't have to live that way. I have no lack because my God has no lack. And the same is true for you. God doesn't need anything from anybody. But He has something that He wants FOR us. In fact, He wants us to have it so bad that He gave it to us. He gave His only begotten Son. He gave His Holy Spirit (the love receptor, the Spirit of Truth that leads and guides us into all truth). He gave us... Himself. And He is love. And there is no fear in love. We don't have to be afraid. Because we know that we are loved. And because we ARE loved... we CAN love. Because our God--who IS love--has no lack... WE have no lack. And the best part is: The more love you give, the more love you have. The more love you experience. Because love is giving. Only by giving it away, by sharing it, can we "have" it. Rather than trying to hold on tight, afraid that we might lose what we've got (and tumble back down into that place of lack), we can give everything we have. Everything we are. We can lay our lives down for our friends, and therein, thereby, LIVE our lives. Life is for living. And to live is to love. To love is to live. God gave His only begotten Son so that we might not perish, but have everlasting life. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. Love or fear. Abundance or lack. Everything we need--the desire of our heart... love--is available to us. All we need to do is reach out and grab it. Receive it and release it. Take hold of it by giving it away. Experience it by letting the love inside come out. Receive it and release it. Receive it by releasing it. Release it by receiving it. Fill ourselves to overflowing with what we've already been filled with and love others by letting God love us!