This week the blog is sponsored by RHB Publishing and written by Christina Fox, author of the excellent new book A Holy Fear.
If you could sum up 2020 in one word, which one would you use?
What about “fear”? Did you feel its presence as news of the novel coronavirus crept its way across the globe? Did your thoughts move to those in your family at risk? I found myself fearful for my children, both long-time asthma sufferers. Then, with the impact of isolations and lock-downs, came the economic impact and uncertainty. Would your work be affected? Would you be able to make ends meet? Could any more tragedies happen this year?
Yes – then came fires; storms; floods, and civil disunity.
You might say that “fear” is the appropriate word – but fear can also be the most appropriate response!
All these circumstances are fear-filled. That’s because we live in a fallen and broken world – a sin-stained world not as it should be. Our fearful response is what the Puritan John Flavel called “natural fear”, an emotion even our Savior felt as He anticipated the horrors of the cross before Him.
But while fear
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