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Friday, July 18, 2025
On my first attempt at using a hand drill on this plastic box, I learned that it can be very difficult. The drill wanted to wander around and then it grabbed so hard I couldn’t hold the box.
So on the second attempt I used a drill press and clamped the box in place. It provided a world of improvement because the hole was in the right place and the bit didn’t grab. It ended up producing this nice fuzzy blob of plastic shavings. In case you wonder, the round silver thing on the left side is a laser line generator like used on work tools. It will fit inside the drilled hole.
In our spiritual lives we might wonder what is the right tool to use when dealing with fear. I especially like this verse.
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
1 John 4:18
It is not easy to understand how love drives out fear. It seems worth studying. The verse indicates that just a little love is not enough, perhaps suggesting we will still have fear if we don’t fully understand love. It almost seems like the world argues against love in order to get what it wants. But that might be part of the point for why God lets people try it that way. We can see that those ways never extinguish fears but magnify them.
Fortunately, we can learn a better way, like learning to use the right tools.