"When fear knocks, let faith answer the door." This is the approach ABC's Robin Roberts has taken as she has battled, very publicly, a range of cancers that have attacked her body – and strengthened her spirit. 

  You can adapt Roberts' lines by saying to yourself, "When fear knocks I will let Love answer the door." 

   Fear is constantly trying to push its way into our lives – fear of pain, fear of death, fear of getting fired. Your response may be to either let fear wreak terror in your life or to try and fight it by pushing it out.

   Your heart has a better answer. Rather then attack fear yourself, let Love flow through your heart. Love is the only natural antidote to fear. 

   In order for Love to work through you quit trying to fight it on your own. Fear is fueled by ego – our human-centric worry that someone or something will be taken from us.

   Love cannot help an ego-driven spirit. Fear's primal response blocks Love and confuses your ability to trust God. 

   One of the reasons so many are fascinated by Jesus is how he dealt with fear. Instead of listening to his human ego he listened to God. This is why Radical Loving Care is radical – because it calls us to surrender to Love's deepest mystery. 

   Since you are human it takes a leap of faith to surrender your life to Love's super-human power. It is a life practice that Mother Teresa described for you when she wrote, "If you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love."

-Reverend Erie Chapman

Note: Inside Radical Loving Care is now available via Amazon or as a download to your Kindle or other e-reader.