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| Mural designed by Alphonso Mucha created for the Lord Mayor's Hall, Prague. Credit: I've forgotten - sorry |
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. We love because he first loved us. 1John 18-19
There are many moments in history when 'fear' is overcome. There is a national celebration; a moment of collective euphoria. Sometimes the nation celebrates in 'Thanksgiving'. Sometimes with a monument. My picture today by Alphonso Mucha celebrates the invention of Czechoslovakia after the First World War. This was 'the war to end all wars' of course. The feeling of joy can last a while. But like the weather, it can turn, and fear resurfaces, and pours like a dirty stream of evil through the street.
We are not alone. Like a small child walking through a bustling market of traders, strangers and animals (I'm not thinking of a UK market), we hold tight to the hand descending from above.
PRAYER: Together we can do anything.
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