103 Nothing else. Do this twice a day every day. Each time for a quarter of an hour.” This lady returns after four weeks and she is very happy. “Pastor, I just wanted to tell you: I can now feel that God is with me at times.” What might initially read like a joke is actually not that facetious. It simply states: One does not have to use all that many words… * Dear reader, I have a genuine desire inside of me: I wish I could pass on to everybody that needs it something of what’s inside of me. This quiet confidence, this trust. I feel that I enjoy great protection. I live with the certainty that nothing is without meaning and that everything will turn out well. I would also like to pass on to everyone that needs it something of “the way I believe”: The certainty that a great love reigns over us, no matter how terrible, ungodly or malicious things are on Earth. I find that this attitude to life made my life easier, in the past and specifically now at my age and in these troubled times. I specifically wish for all of my older fellow human beings a relaxed life devoid of fears. Something goes through my mind again: We can assure ourself as much as we want to, but we will never have complete certitude. Even the richest man in the world does not know what’s going to happen to himself or to his family. To have to live with this uncertainty is part of our life, part of being a human being. This is really hard at times, because there is nothing, we would like more than certitude. I myself have suffered from this uncertainly often enough. At some stage, it was in 2006, something fell into my lap and it happen to be a very clear feeling: “Everything is arranged in such a way that I can deal with it.” This is the best thing that could have happened to me! In place of “I want certainty” I have placed this trust, namely “Everything is arranged in such a way…” But I can also not simply pass this on to others. It will eventuate within others some time, actually the moment they are open to it… But don’t worry! Even if you have not yet got to know this trust, you are in any case loved and invisibly accompanied without ifs and buts, for the sake of your
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