Love
and fear
It
has been said the two strongest emotions in the human genome is love and fear.
I have heard it said that a person commits to a certain course of action,
behavior out of one of these two emotions. They do something because they love
it or do something out of fear.
Fear – alarm and
agitation caused by expectation or realization of danger (this coincides with
our very basic need to survive – not die). A state of dread or apprehension. To
be frightened. To suspect. To be in awe of, revere.
Afraid – fearful,
frightened. Reluctant, hesitant. Regretful.
Apprehension – fearful or
uneasy about the future, anxious.
Scared – to startle,
frighten. A state of alarm or panic.
Petrified – to immobilize
as with terror.
Frightened – to fill with
fear. To force or drive by arousing fear.
Panic – a sudden
overwhelming fear.
Startle – to fill with
sudden surprise.
To
cause to make a start, as of surprise.
Terrify – to fill with
fear. Terrorize – to fill with great
fear, to terrify. To control or dominate by violence or intimidation.
Intimidation – to make
fearful or frighten. To discourage, coerce, or surpass by as if by threatening.
Dominate – to influence,
control or rule by superior power or authority. To occupy the most prominent
position in or over.
Love
and fear
It
has been said the two strongest emotions in the human genome is love and fear.
I have heard it said that a person commits to a certain course of action,
behavior out of one of these two emotions. They do something because they love
it or do something out of fear.
Fear – alarm and
agitation caused by expectation or realization of danger (this coincides with
our very basic need to survive – not die). A state of dread or apprehension. To
be frightened. To suspect. To be in awe of, revere.
Afraid – fearful,
frightened. Reluctant, hesitant. Regretful.
Apprehension – fearful or
uneasy about the future, anxious.
Scared – to startle,
frighten. A state of alarm or panic.
Petrified – to immobilize
as with terror.
Frightened – to fill with
fear. To force or drive by arousing fear.
Panic – a sudden
overwhelming fear.
Startle – to fill with
sudden surprise.
To
cause to make a start, as of surprise.
Terrify – to fill with
fear. Terrorize – to fill with great
fear, to terrify. To control or dominate by violence or intimidation.
Intimidation – to make
fearful or frighten. To discourage, coerce, or surpass by as if by threatening.
Dominate – to influence,
control or rule by superior power or authority. To occupy the most prominent
position in or over.
In
writing this, I was struck to look up the verse in the bible relating to
marriage. Mark 10:6-9 – But at the beginning God made them male and
female. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united
with his wife and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two but
one. Therefore what God has joined together, let men not separate.
United – to bring or
put together so as to make a whole. To join together for a common purpose. To
become consolidated.
One – being a
single unit or entity. Characterized by unity. Single in kind.
Two – something
with two parts, units or members.
When
two people are married, they become one flesh, the two shall become one and
make whole, figuratively and literally. They join together for a common
purpose. They are no longer two. Matthew
25:40, 45 – I tell you the truth,
whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for
me. I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of
these; you did not do for me.
You
see the Lord has told us in the new covenant.
Hebrews 8:10 – This is the covenant I will make with the
house of Israel after that time declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their
minds and write them in their hearts. I will be their God and they will be my
people. No longer will a man teach
his neighbor or a man his brother saying “know the Lord,” because they will all
know me from the least of them to the greatest.
You
see each of us have the Lords laws written in our heart and in our minds, we
know what is right or wrong, he has given us free will to choose to listen and
obey or to not listen and disobey. When two become one, united with a common
purpose, they then become equal partners, neither above the other.
Equal – of the same
measure, quantity or value as another. Possessing the same privileges or
rights. Having the necessary strength or ability. One equal to another.
In
marriage one is not greater than the other, more important, superior, dominant,
honored, revered, praised, listened to, respected, and feared. The two become
one, equal partners brought together for a common purpose.
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