Faith and fear go hand in hand. Faith keeps the heart cheerful, fear keeps the heart serious. Faith keeps the heart from sinking in despair, fear keeps it from floating in presumption.
Thomas Watson, All Things For Good, 1663
Watson on Faith and Fear
Posted by: James Kubecki | August 23, 2007 |Responses -
Faith is like Goofus, fear is like Gallant.
Faith is the peanut butter middle, fear is the thin candy shell.
Faith says “Yes, yes, yes, this rocks!” Fear says “No, no, no, don’t stop rocking!”
By: Matt on August 23, 2007
at 2:44 pm
To clarify my last statement, it’s a Homer Simpson quote.
By: Matt on August 23, 2007
at 2:52 pm
I’m not so sure that faith is fear’s opposite. I suggest that love may be its opposite. (I’ve elaborated on my site, if you are interested.)
By: Wes Walker on August 27, 2007
at 4:15 am
Welcome back, Wes! Long time.
I don’t think that Watson is necessarily saying that faith and fear are opposites; rather, that they are companions that complement one another.
By: James Kubecki on August 27, 2007
at 8:40 am
Sorry, misread the post.
Ok. I see what you mean now. Much the same way that the Word and prayer work together to keep someone on the proper course. Word apart from prayer becomes legalistic, prayer apart from the word becoming flaky.
Both together give a balanced Christian walk.
By: Wes on August 28, 2007
at 10:04 am
