The Fear of God (13)

Pope Shenouda III

Many people turn away from the fear of God and hold to love, without knowing what fear is, what love is, or what the relation between them is! In fact it is good to hold to the love of God, but to reach it we have to start with fear.The fear of God is the beginning of the way, whereas the end of the way is love. So we cannot proceed on the way from its end!