Even when Jesus was on earth, right beside him there were disciples experiencing doubt. We never wish to choose darkness or discouragement, but to welcome the radiance of praise. Behind the vast armies and navies which we call the great powers of the world, there is fear. Fear it is that drives us out to war.
Fear is the father of ferocity, and the forger of the sword.
From the Creative point of view, which is God's point of view, force is weakness, and only Love is power. Too many of us have a Christian vocabulary rather than a Christian experience. We think we are doing our duty when we're only talking about it. We can do nothing, we say sometimes, we can only pray. That, we feel, is a terribly precarious second-best.