Trust

When we fear, what we really expose is our own lack of trust.  We do not trust God to remain with us in suffering, to heal us, to save us.  At the first sign of danger, of trouble, of trial, we run - because we do not trust.  Likewise in our human relationships, our friendships, marriages, families there is a great failure to trust born of our own brokenness and fear.  We know ourselves to be untrustworthy, so we do not trust others.  We know our brokenness, so we know others to be broken.  But to have any kind of relationship, we must trust. To do anything else is to enter the hell of isolation, of paranoia.  We might fall and fail in trust, others might fall and fail us - but we can always forgive and be forgiven.  And no matter what, God will not fail.  He will never let you go.