One woman tells of the...
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One woman tells of the terror she felt when she was a passenger of a car going over Monarch Pass, as she traveled from Texas to Colorado. As she looked over the side of the car, she could see several thousand feet straight down. The road winds and curves around the mountain, and there is not even a shoulder, much less a guard rail between the car and the sheer drop. Some years later this same woman found that she had to drive over that same pass. She was certain that she would be paralyzed with fear. Instead, to her surprise, she found that she was not at all afraid. The difference was that when she was driving, she felt that she was in control, whereas, as a passenger, she was out of control. The psychologists tell us that we all fear the feeling of being out of control. One of the major causes of depression is the feeling of powerlessness -- the feeling that we have no power to defend ourselves from harmful things. That's why we want to be in control. Actually, no one has that kind of control, except God. Christ had that power, yet he gave it up for us. The result was the cross. But, without the cross there would have been no resurrection. And the same is true for us. Only after we are willing to give up our claims to power will we experience the resurrecting power of God. -- Welborn
