Today is Monday, January 18th, 2010; Karen's Korner #1741
A portion of the book written by Max Lucado titled "Fearless", which has as some of its chapter sub-titles: fear of not mattering; fear of running out; fear of violence; or fear that God is not real.
These couple of paragraphs come from the chapter sub-titled 'fear of what's next':
"Life comes caffeinated with surprises. Modifications. Transitions. Alterations. You move down the ladder, out of the house, over for the new guy, up through the system. All this moving. Some changes welcome, others not. And in those rare seasons when you think the world has settled down, watch out. One seventy-seven-year-old recently told a friend of mine, 'I've had a good life. I am enjoying my life now, and I am looking foward to the future.' Two weeks later a tornado ripped through the region, taking the lives of his son, daughter-in-law, grandson, and daughter-in-law's mother. We just don't know, do we? On our list of fears, the fear of what's next demands a prominent position. We might request a decaffeinated life, but we don't get it. The disciples didn't......
".....Jesus gives to his disciples this, 'I am going away. You are entering a new season, a different chapter. Much will be different, but one thing remains constant: my presence. You will enjoy the presence of another Counselor.'"
Lucado tells that Jesus was a Counselor in person to the disciples; but the Holy Spirit would come to live in them - another Counselor.
Same Counselor we have at our disposal as one of His Children.
John 14:27 NLT:
"I am leaving you with a gift--peace of mind and mind heart.
And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give.
So don't be troubled or afraid."
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