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Panic Stations



How often when something suddenly becomes a problem, we panic. It is as if problems are not common place, whereas life is full of problems.  We just need to know how to tackle them one step at a time.  Everyone has ways to tackle these problems.  The first way is to panic!  It has taken me a long time to cope with this in life, probably because my problems have mostly been very small.  This morning I began to panic when I remembered   that my usual road to go to my Russian lesson was closed.    How would I manage? Panic began to set in but then I remembered that all things are in God’s hands.  Now that alone is not enough to stop panic; because God might want something bad to happen to me;  but no, I am accepted in the beloved (Jesus) and God loves me as He loves His Son(amazing!)   Yes God might plan some difficulty for me, but it would ultimately be for His glory and my good.  If you can’t trust God (when you are a Christian) who can you trust?  We had better all put our trust in Jesus ; it’s the only way to be safe for time and eternity.                                                                                                                                       

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