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Sometimes we grow sentimental about the old hometown but we need to balance this with the realization that the familiar often shuts our eyes to new and exciting possibilities. Jesus was able to do few mighty works in Nazareth because they had little or no expectations. Sam Ullman wrote,
You are as young as your faith,
As old as your doubts;
As young as your self-confidence,
As old as your fears;
As young as your hope,
As old as your despair.
Listen to these words of a prominent psychiatrist: "Speaking as a student of psychotherapy whose subject is generally unconcerned with theology, I am convinced that the Christian religion is one of the most valuable and potent influences for producing harmony and peace of mind needed to bring health and power to a large proportion of nervous patients. In some cases I have attempted to cure nervous patients with suggestions of quietness and confidence, but without success until I linked these suggestions to faith in the power of God and prayer, which is the substance of Christian belief. And then the patient became strong." -- Meddock
You are as young as your faith,
As old as your doubts;
As young as your self-confidence,
As old as your fears;
As young as your hope,
As old as your despair.
Listen to these words of a prominent psychiatrist: "Speaking as a student of psychotherapy whose subject is generally unconcerned with theology, I am convinced that the Christian religion is one of the most valuable and potent influences for producing harmony and peace of mind needed to bring health and power to a large proportion of nervous patients. In some cases I have attempted to cure nervous patients with suggestions of quietness and confidence, but without success until I linked these suggestions to faith in the power of God and prayer, which is the substance of Christian belief. And then the patient became strong." -- Meddock
