Reflections 6/19/2020: I’m glad I’m not doing professional counseling now because neurotic anxiety (that has no basis for fear) is a thing of the past! There is no pretending that the dam is not leaking and threatening to break at any time! Fear is warranted in this tumultuous world! But, whether I am sitting in my counseling chair or pecking away my Reflections on my phone, I feel compelled to point to You Jesus, as the Answer. Your serene words just before going to that incredibly cruel cross… “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.” (Jn.14:27‬) A supernatural “peace that passes all understanding.” How do I explain that to an increasing depressed generation where acceptance of existential angst or suicide to escape it seem like the only way to deal with the busting dam? You just appear to be an historical figure with some irrelevantly dated words that have become so coopted by a political party that they are now offensive. How do I explain that Your resurrection renders You alive and powerful enough to plant the seeds of hope and joy deeply in our troubled hearts? Sounds absurd to them! But I KNOW it is real! It is the Source of my peace, even joy during this cancer ordeal that has stolen my health and threatens my very life! You are here with me… and are calling the shots for my good… whatever that ends up meaning! Ahhh, “peace that passes all understanding!” Floodwaters or not!