I refuse to fear God for the sake of love of myself. If I Worship God for my self-interest than the worthy goal (God) of life in itself and myself are equated and that would be Shirk. That would be valuing myself on par with God.
If I fear God, it would be out of the knowledge that he cares and loves, and does not want me to enter hell out of his absolute compassion and love, and it would be due to the preference of him forgiving and rewarding over that of vengeance and punishing. And it would be due to not wanting to be ungrateful to his guidance to us, through the reminder and it's family, not because I hate the idea of being ungrateful as injustice to myself, but because I find God worthy of love of praise and gratitude and that his gift of guidance towards him and making his beautiful names the means to him, is the greatest grace that reflects his great nature.
My creed is that of love, and any fear is only from it.
If I fear God, it would be out of the knowledge that he cares and loves, and does not want me to enter hell out of his absolute compassion and love, and it would be due to the preference of him forgiving and rewarding over that of vengeance and punishing. And it would be due to not wanting to be ungrateful to his guidance to us, through the reminder and it's family, not because I hate the idea of being ungrateful as injustice to myself, but because I find God worthy of love of praise and gratitude and that his gift of guidance towards him and making his beautiful names the means to him, is the greatest grace that reflects his great nature.
My creed is that of love, and any fear is only from it.
