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God is able to make
all grace abound toward you, that you always having all sufficiency
in all things may abound to every good work. (2 Cor. 9:8)
An inspirational, uncomplicated
guest sermon presented by Sinetar at a small Northern California
church on a theme that is central to a life of strong faith.
This beautiful limited
edition (only 2,000 copies were published, about half of which
are already gone) is ideal with and/or instead of a greeting
card for friends, pastors and spiritual directors, retreat and
seminar reading/discussion sessions and anyone undergoing a trial,
a transition or spiritual growth.
Excerpts From Can You Simply Trust?:
"To what extent
do we simply trust that 'God is able to make all grace
abound'?
That innocent question
has needled me ever since I heard a recent story about huge numbers
of children who, today, worry excessively. Apparently, these
tormented youngsters include boys and girls of preschool and
elementary school age who experience more intense anxiety levels,
than previous generations.
Their symptoms run the
gamut of emotional and physical ailments: sleeplessness and nightmares,
fears and diverse phobias (particularly school phobias), and
disease of all sorts: stomach aches, headaches, even that mysterious
malady that doctors now label 'chronic fatigue.' Researchers
believe that our littlest children learn to worry, to feel unsafe,
and to distrust their futures by observing their parents worry.
This makes sense. That's how we learned, as children isn't it?
Remember the first snakes or cockroaches you saw as an infant?
I'll bet you weren't afraid or disgusted by these creatures until
some adult nearby shrieked and whisked you away from danger.
There's often good reason for that sort of adult concern: We
don't want our children running out into the street impulsively
or sticking their fingers into light sockets. Sometimes, too
frequently, we go overboard with caution.
All children learn about
themselves and their world by watching what goes on around them.
The philosopher Eli Siegle proposed that a tiny infant will gaze
out at her surroundings and those around her to understand what
kind of cosmos she's living in.
Furthermore, from the
moment of birth the 'dear being' is continually wondering: 'What
is this world I've come into, and how can I find meaning in it
which will make me a greater dear little being than I am today?'"
Can You Simply Trust?