To a Quiet Heart Here and Now
Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me. John 14:1 There has been one in this world called Jesus of Nazareth, and it is He who says to me, "Let not your heart be troubled...believe in me," Which means, "Come to me, tell me your troubles, tell me all about your difficulty about God, the difficulty of prayer, the difficulty about your weak will and failure." It does not matter what it is that makes me restless and ill at ease. It may be the possibility of war, it may be illness, it may be business troubles, it may be my own weakness morally or in the realm of the will - Whatever it is, whatever is troubling and making me unhappy, I must go to him about it. He is the one who loved me enough to die for me. He said, "Come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28). There is no need for me...
