[My friend Marge had an experience] aboard a plane bound for Cleveland, waiting for takeoff. As she settled into her seat, Marge noticed a strange phenomenon. On one side of the airplane a sunset suffused the entire sky with glorious color. But out of the window next to her seat, all Marge could see was a dark and threatening sky, with no sign of the sunset.<\/p>\n
As the plane’s engines began to roar, a gentle Voice spoke within her. \u201cYou have noticed the windows,\u201d He murmured beneath the roar and thrust of the takeoff. \u201cYour life, too, will contain some happy, beautiful times, but also some dark shadows. Here’s a lesson I want to teach you to save you much heartache and allow you to \u201cabide in Me\u201d with continual peace and joy. You see, it doesn’t matter which window you look through; this plane is still going to Cleveland. So it is in your life. You have a choice. You can dwell on the gloomy picture. Or you can focus on the bright things and leave the dark, ominous situations to Me. I alone can handle them anyway. And the final destination is not influenced by what you see or feel along the way. Learn this, act on it and you will be released, able to experience the \u201cpeace that passes understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cTouching the Heart of God\u201d, Leonard Lesourd, Catherine Marshall, Fleming H Revell Co., December 1, 1988, Source: The Inspired Buffalo , http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/the-inspired-buffalo\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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