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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hi, I'm Chris Tufnell, a vicar in the Church of England. We live in a world where there is plenty to worry about
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plenty of stuff that can and does go wrong and could happen to any of us
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People have different ways of coping with that. Some people just try to dodge those things for as long as they can
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keep making progress while the going's good. Others try to deny those things with the power of positive thinking
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Don't worry about a thing because every little thing is going to be all right. But with both of those approaches, worry just keeps tapping on the window of our minds
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And sometimes the noise gets so loud we become overwhelmed by worry
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Jesus spoke about worry with real wisdom and tenderness. He didn't teach his followers to try to dodge reality or to deny it
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but instead to depend on him. He doesn't promise to protect me from the things I fear
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but to protect me through them. It's a hard thing to learn to trust, to depend on someone
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especially with the things I fear and worry about. But I find I'm able to depend on Jesus, to trust in him with whatever life sends my way
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because he's shown himself to be someone who is loving enough to lay down his life for me
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and powerful enough to take it up again. That's someone whom I believe I can safely depend on
