Monday, April 9, 2012

The Brave Fear - Poetry Month


The Brave Fear

A fear that dispels all other fears
A fear that conquers all other fears
A fear that elevates
A fear that sustains
The brave fear

To have it is to fear
To maintain it is to obey
To fear the Creator
To obey His majesty
The brave fear

A fear that defeats that of death
A fear that is from God’s providence
A fear that imparts confidence
A fear that imparts mirth 
The brave fear

This fear from the Lord comes
This fear to the Lord directs
All your being and resources
All your future in His hands it places
The brave fear

Fear this fear not
Possess this fear
Buy this fair fear
With all your fair lot
The brave fear

To buy this fear
Wise is to grow
Security you bear
Your life to reach the brow
The brave fear

The brow of living 
In eternity peacefully
The brow of being
What God created you to be fully 
The brave fear

The brave fear is this
That all other fears you may have
Exchange them with this
That Christ is there you to save
From all other coward fears 
Obed Akuma

3 comments:

  1. "The brave fear is this
    That all other fears you may have
    Exchange them with this
    That Christ is there you to save
    From all other coward fears"

    LOVE this last quote and rely on him daily to make it through.

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  2. I love this part of the poem as well. Thanks for posting it.

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  3. Great poem. It has such depth and feeling. I enjojyed it.

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