The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom.

Jesus said, "Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell."

He is not telliing us to not fear drugs and alcohol ...as they can destroy bodies, families, communities, and societies. Jesus was telling us to fear that spiritual depravity authored by Satan.

I just finished a book I received at Christmas, entitled "Miracles and Massacres" by Glenn Beck.  There are twelve separate stories ...all unique in the fact that they are not just stories from history, but historical lessons. We can learn something from each story by seeing successes and failures from our country's past.  They are very clear messages that if we had learned them, we would not be in the position we are today.  Yet, we can still learn them.  

But, will we learn?

We've learned not to trust ...and those who promote this lack of trust, are often the ones who want us to follow them.

I guess you could say that I cannot deny that I am in this category also.  Sure, I'd like you to trust me and trust what I am saying. But the difference is that it is not myself whom I would have you trust ...but He whom I trust in.

Yes, there can be many descriptions of who you trust in. Yet, I don't merely trust in the description that I read ...it is also that I trust in the relationship of each who have trusted in Him, and the description of the testimony of that relationship. And I believe in the testimony of truth written for us in the Bible.

The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, yet once you understand that ...then you can also trust and believe in His love, which is through Jesus dying on the cross, and trust in His utterance, "It is finished."

Yet, also believe that it is a new beginning.