![]() Trust in God, and may you find a new resurrection from each of your fearful little deaths each day. The Good News of Easter is that fear – dare I say, even death – is not the end. But remember, it is okay to be sad, to be scared. And that is just one more sadness on top of everything else right now. We will not be in the ornate sanctuary settings we are used to. Yes, we are looking ahead to an Easter that doesn’t really “make sense” to our usual context. When we face our fears, knowing that our lives are in the hands of God, then “Where the fear has gone, there will be nothing. So how about we change the context of the Litany Against Fear? If fear is the mind-killer, but God, through Jesus, is the bringer of new-life, then fear is not the end. But the promise of Easter is that, in Jesus’ death and resurrection, we are redeemed. And if you take it from the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 27:46), he was afraid to die. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path.” Jesus took the form of a human, just like you and I. He is not here He has Risen!” The Litany Against Fear says “I will face my fear, I will permit it to pass over me and through me. The passage continues, “…for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. We, like the women at the tomb, are allowed to be afraid, but we are also to be reassured by the promise of resurrection. It hurts just a little bit, doesn’t it? “Fear is the mind-killer.”īut consider this: when the angel says “Do not be afraid,” it is not so much a command as it is a reassurance. The constancy with which many of us see these things is mind-boggling. News sources are littered with ever-rising death counts, infection rates, lack of supplies, and more. Right now many of us are being bombarded with social media posts and memes likening current events to the end of the world. The angel’s words seem to go against everything we hear in popular culture. But really, how easy is it to just “not fear”? Sometimes it feels impossible. Yet, through all this, I keep hearing the voice of the angel in Matthew 28, saying “Do not be afraid…”. Fear in the face of losing one’s source of income. There is a lot of fear in our world right now. Only I will remain.” (‘Litany Against Fear’, Dune) ![]() Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. ![]() And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
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