Blog 32: Intimacy and Fear
Blog 32: Intimacy and Fear Relationships are tough! Words are sometimes spoken out of fear and words are sometimes NOT spoken out of fear. The fear that surfaces in our subconscious is most likely precipitated by a fear of rejection in one form or another. The fear could be simply expressed by one of the parties leaving the conversation (or the relationship). Fear can prompt one to choose a behavior that they might not normally choose if the person felt safe in expressing themselves, verbally or physically. Fear can hold us back from experiencing many blessings in our lives or it can lead us to say something unkind or lead us to having a burst of anger and doing something rash. One Google report says that there are 354 verses with the word “fear” in them in the Holy Bible, another report suggests 365, which would mean that one could read a verse a day for a year that included the word “fear”. Another account says 1025 instances. Many of these verses are to instruct us not t...