Doubt, Discouragement

In doubt and discouragement, a Christian once considered the darkness that overspread her soul as a proof that 
she was finally cast away. She stumbled over mole-hills when she should have been removing mountains. To an 
old minister who was trying to comfort her, she said with impassioned emphasis, "I'm dead, dead, and plucked up by the roots!"

After a pause, the minister replied, "Well, while sitting in my study the other day, I heard a sudden scream-'John's 
in the well! John's fallen in the well!' Before I could reach the spot, I heard the sad and mournful cry, 'John's 
dead--poor little Johnny's dead!' Bending over the curb, I called out, 'John, are you dead?' 'Yes grandfather,' 
replied John, 'I'm dead.' I was glad to hear it from his own mouth."

Many doubts are so absurd that the only way to combat them is by gentle ridicule.

Source: Charles Haddon Spurgeon

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