Second Humanity.

I Am Afraid of God.

If you are afraid of God, do not begin by shaming the fear.

Bring it gently into the light.

Many people are not afraid of the Father Himself.

They are afraid of a portrait.

A voice.

A doctrine without mercy.

A distorted image that made God feel unsafe.

But the Master said:

If you have seen Me, you have seen the Father.

So begin there.

Look at Him.

The One who touched the unclean.

The One who received the ashamed.

The One who let people walk away.

The One who forgave while being murdered.

There is no hidden cruelty behind Christ.

The Master is not protecting you from the Father.

The Master is revealing Him.

You may not feel safe all at once.

That is okay.

Trust can begin as a small opening.

Quietly say:

Perhaps the Father is better than the fear I inherited.

Begin there.

Second Humanity.