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“Prayer Is Positively Powerful”—Unborn Baby Has Over 90% Chance of Dying, Floors Doctors as Living, Breathing Miracle

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Just Drop the Blanket: The Moment You Missed in ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’

Looking at it now, it is pretty clear what Charles Schultz was saying, and it’s so simple it’s brilliant.

The birth of Jesus separates us from our fears.

The birth of Jesus frees us from the habits we are unable (or unwilling) to break ourselves.

The birth of Jesus allows us to simply drop the false security we have been grasping so tightly, and learn to trust and cling to Him instead.

linus and his blanket
Screen grab via YouTube // ShortForOrdinary

The world of now can be a scary place, and most of us find ourselves grasping something temporal for security, whatever that thing may be. Essentially, 2020 is a world in which it is very difficult for us to “fear not.”

But in the midst of fear and insecurity, this simple cartoon image from 1965 continues to live on as an inspiration for us to seek true peace and true security in the one place it has always been and can always still be found.

By Jason Soroski

About the Author: As a writer and musician, Jason Soroski taps into his experiences as a worship pastor, classroom teacher, husband, and homeschooling father of five to relate stories from real-life experiences. Jason holds an M.Ed. from Missouri Baptist University, is a regular writer for crosswalk.com, and currently resides in Houston, TX. Connect on Twitter @Soroski or at jasonsoroski.net.

**This article was originally published at The Way I See It

“Prayer Is Positively Powerful”—Unborn Baby Has Over 90% Chance of Dying, Floors Doctors as Living, Breathing Miracle

The baby's condition was 'off the charts bad'. It was so extreme that the specialists stopped measuring and monitoring his fluid level because, at that point, it didn't really matter. The MRI's were sickening to look at.

“I’m Married to Someone I Don’t Truly Know”: Woman Gets Engaged to Husband Twice After Traumatic Memory Loss

"I felt like I was stuck in a hazy nightmare I couldn’t escape. For 2 years, I spent every waking moment in tear-jerking, white-knuckled pain."

Mom Urges Parents to See This X-Ray After Family BBQ Lands Her Son in the ER

“It was the most awful and difficult 24 hours of my life watching my son in so much pain, not being able to do anything to make it better and know that this could have been 100% avoidable."