Imagine

            Edwin Friedman was a family therapist and Jewish rabbi, who passionately argued that people too often allow themselves to become trapped by the negative emotional climate of those around them.

            To stretch the minds of his readers, Friedman challenged them to:

Imagine being a Jew and standing in line to a crematorium at Auschwitz. Completely knowledgeable of the evil perpetrated by Germany, a person beside you says, “You may not believe this, but before this decade is over, there is going to be a nation called Israel.”

            Unthinkable! Yet it was to be.

            I would add to Friedman’s thought, imagine in early 1945, if someone had said to an American fighting in the brutal Pacific battles, “You’re not going to believe this, but within the next ten years, Japan is going to become one of our closest allies.”

            Incredible! Yet it was to be.

            Think into the future. What can you imagine? Can you imagine God doing great things for His Kingdom? Or, do temporary obstacles, failures, and defeats bind you?

Source–A FAILURE OF NERVE by Edwin Friedman