Afraid of Love? Afraid to Love?

"If you are so afraid of love that you cannot have it, you are just as enslaved as if you must have it." [Tim Keller, Counterfeit Gods, page 31]

Do you know people who are afraid to love? Perhaps they have been hurt, left, or betrayed.

For whatever the reason, they say they're not going to love again. Some people are so afraid of love they run from love. Others, are just the opposite. They go from one relationship to another. They are always looking for the "right" one, never considering how they are not "right."

Having to "have" love and running from love are two manifestations of not quite fully understanding love. Love is something you give. You don't possess it, it possesses you. Love works through you ~ if you are brave enough!