BE POSITIVE
There was a man undergoing an operation. Though he had received a sedative injection, he was agitated. A kind nurse said to him, “Are you feeling a little nervous?”
“More than a little nervous,” he answered.
Clasping his hands, the nurse said to him, “but you don’t need to be nervous, because very soon we are going to make you better than you were for years.”
The patient gave a feeble smile.
The nurse added, “You know, there are two ways to approach an operation. You can worry yourself to death or you can trust us. Our surgical team is the best. You have nothing to fear.” Then she winked, pressed his hand and whispered conspiratorially, “Especially since I’ll be by your side in the operation theatre to make sure they do everything right.”
When the patient heard those words, he felt relaxed. Everything went well. The operation was successful. The patient was completely cured. And he learnt the lesson of his life that we can approach a situation in two ways. We can either worry ourselves to death or we can trust. If only we could trust in God as fervently as we worry, we would never have to worry at all.
Move on the pathways of life with faith and courage and the confidence that One there is who is with you, wherever you are, taking care of you, protecting you, guiding you, leading you on!
True it is, that when God is near, how can you fear?
How can you feel lonely or inadequate?
How can you ever lose your way?
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