There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love.
1 John 4:18 (NRSVCE)
Today I read a blog on Huffington Post by Linda Rovertson, Just Because He Breathes: Learning to Truly Love Our Gay Son. It moved me for many reasons.
First, I am familiar with fear taking over when really, all I wanted to do was love. When my daughter confided in me that she was transsexual and had known since she was a toddler, all I wanted to do was love her.
“I love you. I always will. God loves you. That will never change.”
I spoke the words. And I meant them. But I was not perfect in love, as 1John 4:18 states. I was afraid of many things: Of my daughter getting hurt. Of hatred in the world for people like her. Of how friends and family would react. Of what her revelation would mean for all who loved her. So, instead of being free to love and to celebrate with her, I was afraid and wondered if there might not be some way to “fix” it.
I needed time and my daughter’s love to make my journey past fear.To be able to tell my story and join the other truth-tellers who share their stories and reveal the lie that there are some in this world who are too “other” for our love or even for God’s love.
Read Linda Robertson’s story of her journey through fear to love.
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