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Fear is good.

Fear of spiders and snakes keeps our distance. Fear of strangers teaches our sons and daughters to distrust them. Fear of poverty puts in the work. Fear of the unknown stops us from bashing through a dense forest thinking we would make it to the other side. Fear of parents make us respectable children and wise parents ourselves. Fear of losing causes us to fight back and fear of success incapacitates us, o what irony. Fear of fears welcomes the psychiatrist. Fear breeds skepticism. Fear of law enforcement ensures I don’t get clobbered from behind for money I do not much have and saves the perpetrator from remorse when he sits behind cold iron bars. Fear of the gallows in this country keep the drugs out and society in. Fear of loneliness walks into a scam or debauchery. Fear of Hell keeps the world safe and sound. Too much fear is indeed fearful.

Above all, fear of Death begs the question for Eternal Life to which only JESUS is the answer.