How do we respond — by backing away from God, keeping our distance, always afraid? Or do we respond by gradually drawing nearer and nearer because we have learned to trust God? When we receive the love God offers us through our Lord Jesus Christ and learn to trust completely, God teaches us to love one another so that people around us may also experience this love. “If we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us.” It is a wonderful transformation when love drives out fear and replaces it with trust.