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“Minute of Meditation: The Drunken Carp”
Jesus said in this world we will have trouble. People deal with their troubles in many different ways. According to Ripley’s Believe it or not, there is a Shinto ceremony where people pour an alcoholic drink onto a carp and then release the fish into the water; believing the fish will swim away, carrying the troubles of the person who released it.
If it were only that easy to deal with our troubles!
Christians have something much more dependable than a drunken carp. Jesus said, in Mat. 11:28, “Come to me all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.” Heb 13:5 tells us the Lord, "…will never leave us nor forsake us. Then in 1 Pt. 5:7 it encourages us to cast all our anxieties on him, because he cares for us.
We each have troubles. Jesus says to bring all your troubles Him. He cares for us. He really does.
I am Mark T. Tonkery with a minute of meditation from the Camden Ave. church of Christ where you are always welcome.
