Retro: No Fear at All
In 1970 I was editor of Collegiate Challenge, a campus evangelistic magazine. It was the height of the student revolution, and literature, flyers, pamphlets and newspapers were everywhere proclaiming the messages of the day. We began each issue of our magazine with a photo feature speaking to a hot issue. I wrote the copy, and Bob Cording (and others) did stellar photography. The objective was to help open conversation with students.
No Fear at All by Judy Downs
Fearfully, hopefullyI offered a partof myself.
Taking a chance.
What if you took it
And carelessly used it,
that fragment of my heart,
or worse,
what if you didn’t take it at all.
Fearfully, hopefully
I tried to make something
of myself.
Taking a chance.
What if I failed?
What if I met no needs
and found no satisfaction
or worse
what if I become no one at all?
Fearfully, hopefullyI began to love someone
besides myself.
Taking a chance.
What if I hurt him
or loved him unwisely
or too selfishly
or worse
what if I didn’t really love at all?
Painfully, lovingly
You died for me, giving all
of Yourself.
Taking a chance.
You accepted me,
You made me someone
and gave me Your love
and more…in your love I have no fear at all.
What about you? What do you fear?
C 2013, 1973
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