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Tell him to stop worrying

Yes if you can be sure that the Lord is in control, you can stop worrying.

If you can be sure that you are in the palms of the Almighty, you can stop worrying

If you know that He has led you before, you can stop worrying.

The weight might be heavy to bear.

You might feel crushed underneath.

Nothing is difficult for my Father

Who is good and loving.

Do not worry for I am with you is the promise given by the Faithfule One.

Come to me all you who are weak and heavy laden, I will give you rest.

This is the One who bore it all on His shoulders.

He was lonely; He was isolated; He didn't have any back up.

Yet He clung on to the Father. And the Father delivered Him.

Do not be discouraged. Do not be anxious. Do not fret.

Make your burdens lighter in His presence.

Let your baggage fall at the foot of the cross

Let the filthiness be washed away.

Let yourself be cleansed: made white as snow

It all depends on your submission

Only if you let Him do the peeling.

Eustace tried again and again all by himself

To remove his own dragon skin

But none of them worked

It was still painful. But the skin was still there

Only when Aslan tore it open, the entire skin peeled off.

There was sheering pain. But Eustacr was relieved when he let

[From The Voyage of the Dawntreader - C. S. Lewis]

Isa:7:9

Unless your faith is firm

I cannot make you stand firm.

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I have captained this ship for years. I have faced many a strom. But never has Captain Zadok been so helpless. What is happening? Why this outrage? The waves are higher than ten times what I have faced. There is ruckus all over this deck. The mast is broken. What is left of it is a ghost. The rudder has flewn off like a wheel. The anchor is lost. The stern is like a ploughed field. The shrouds are like harp strings, waving around and causing much damage. Shredding pieces of wood and flesh and blood everywhere it hits.There is vomit all around. The ocean water occasionally washes it into my own room and brings it back. The luggages are all floating. All of the crew is running havoc. Captain Zadok, what should we do? Captain Zadok shall we pull down the sail? Captain Zadok shall i call on my gods? You call on your gods, I used to tell, but I have got this. But have I? Is there somebody up there laughing at the gimmicks that i have been showing althrough my life? Asking m...

Divorce

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The third temptation

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Noble woman

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Slap

How can I show my other cheek. Already he has slapped me. The world will be making fun of me already. And if I show the other cheek too I will be called a fool. It is pride to not let go. To not let to be trampled. Jesus practised what He preached. He did not retaliate when He had all the power to do so. He could have brought fire from above and annihilated everyone who ridiculed Him. He kept quiet. He let Himself to be crushed in the hands of His own creation. If anyone calls you names. If anyone spreads rumours about you. One side of the world says to face it and retaliate. Other side says, not to bother, to grow above it. For you are what you think what you are and not what others think. Jesus says to love those who hate you. Oh! It looks improbable. But Jesus led from the front. He loved me who ridiculed Him. He loved me who denied Him. He loved me who did not want Him. Pray for him who spreads rumours about you. Pray for him who hurts you. It might be ...

Loser#6

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The second temptation

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