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Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

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with his stripes I am healed.<br />

There are seasons of trouble when you can see<br />

nothing to calm <strong>and</strong> reassure, seasons when you<br />

feel helpless under the pressure of implied guilt. In<br />

the confusion, you know not which way to turn.<br />

Neither you nor Edson <strong>White</strong> should ever speak<br />

words of retaliation. Pray together. Remember the<br />

storm on the sea of Galilee. The disciples did all<br />

they could to save themselves <strong>and</strong> the ship, but<br />

their strength <strong>and</strong> skill availed them nothing.<br />

Helpless in the grasp of the tempest, they looked<br />

into one another's faces, <strong>and</strong> could read only<br />

discouragement <strong>and</strong> despair. Their boat was filling.<br />

Absorbed in their efforts to save themselves,<br />

they had forgotten that Jesus was on board.<br />

Suddenly they came to their senses. They<br />

remembered at whose comm<strong>and</strong> they had set out to<br />

cross the sea. In Jesus was their only hope.<br />

"Master, Master!" they cried. There was no<br />

response to their call. Again they called; again no<br />

response. Suddenly a flash of lightning revealed<br />

him sleeping. Arousing him, they exclaimed,<br />

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