Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled

This book is the third religious book and the second inspirational book I have published in recent times. The caption, Do not let your hearts be troubled, not only adequately fits the problems we contend with in today's world but it also tries to provide a biblically-based answer to the myriad of worries and issues we face each passing day. Troubled by issues of illness, suffering, and survival in our world and in our time, we appear to be so over-concerned and anxious about the future and about our health that we can no longer live in the present. And, by so doing, we terribly reduce the quality of our life.Jesus always wishes us peace, and he did, in fact, sleep through the storm when they were rowing in a boat, a pointer for us to be at ease, pray, and exercise faith in difficult moments.But even more important is accepting our present condition, even if it has to do with a terminal illness, by submitting our will to the will of the Father. For that, I always classify the prayer of the leper in the gospel of Mark as one of the greatest prayers in the New Testament. The leper came to Jesus and prayed, Master, if you will, you can make me clean. Jesus replied, Yes, you will be made clean (Mk 1:40). The prayer of the leper contains requisite ingredients of a model prayer taught by Jesus-thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven. Come to think of it, many have passed on to the next life without peace of mind, thereby entering the next life with an open wound, unhealed. By so doing, both physical and spiritual healing (peace of mind) tends to elude them.This book also tells stories about problems that beset the human family and tries to speak to our own present situations in the spirit of the gospel. It does appear to me that as individuals, and as a community, we tend to drift away from the spirit of the gospel message as we impose our own will to the will of God-a situation ...