Jesus says in John 14:1, "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, trust also in me."
Many years ago, I served as pastor in a three-point charge in Rock Hall, Maryland. There were so many wonderful people in Rock Hall.... Anyhow, in the three years that I served in this community I performed exactly 100 funerals. That's a lot. And so, the passage above became a standard verse to read at some point in every funeral service. But, that passage is really for the living. Sometimes I think we can't survive without some type of "troubled" anxiety. It is so natural for us. There is pain, there is suffering, and there are real things that warrant our hearts being troubled.....from a human perspective. The first sentence in the verse above makes no sense without the second. However, the question remains, are the things that trouble my heart too big for God?
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