{"id":1024,"date":"2008-07-19T10:10:47","date_gmt":"2008-07-19T16:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quechilero.com\/blog\/?p=1024"},"modified":"2008-07-19T10:10:47","modified_gmt":"2008-07-19T16:10:47","slug":"el-cobarde-grande","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quechilero.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/19\/el-cobarde-grande\/","title":{"rendered":"El cobarde grande"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Una noche, durante una tormenta, una mam\u00e1 estaba acostando a su hijito.  Estaba a punto de apagar la luz cuando el ni\u00f1o le pregunt\u00f3 con voz temblorosa: <em> \u00abMami, \u00bfte puedes quedar conmigo toda la noche?\u00bb<\/em>. La madre le dio un abrazo  c\u00e1lido y tranquilizador y le dijo tiernamente:<em> \u00abNo puedo, cari\u00f1o. Tengo que ir a  dormir al cuarto con pap\u00e1.\u00bb<\/em> Despu\u00e9s de una breve pausa, el ni\u00f1o contest\u00f3:<em> \u00ab\u00a1El  cobarde grande!\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Miremos por un momento m\u00e1s all\u00e1 del humor de esa historia y pensemos en la  reacci\u00f3n del ni\u00f1o. Su temerosa s\u00faplica era comprensible. Sin embargo, su mam\u00e1  quer\u00eda que \u00e9l aprendiera a confiar en ella incluso cuando no estaba a su lado.  Ella lo amaba, pero \u00e9l no lo entendi\u00f3, porque no pod\u00eda ver m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de sus  propios temores.<\/p>\n<p>Esa es la manera como respondemos muchas veces a Dios. Pedimos algo  espec\u00edfico, pero \u00c9l parece decir: <em>\u00abNo, no lo voy a hacer.\u00bb<\/em> En vez de aceptarlo  por fe, interpretamos mal su intenci\u00f3n: vamos a aprender a vivir en medio de  per\u00edodos de oscuridad, confiando en su Palabra y no en alguna se\u00f1al especial.  Igual que el ap\u00f3stol Pablo, debemos darnos cuenta de que estamos seguros en la  promesa de su provisi\u00f3n, sin exigir nada m\u00e1s (2 Corintios 12:9).<\/p>\n<p>A medida que crezcamos en nuestra relaci\u00f3n con Jesucristo aprenderemos que la  mejor respuesta a algunas de nuestras oraciones es su generoso No.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Una noche, durante una tormenta, una mam\u00e1 estaba acostando a su hijito. Estaba a punto de apagar la luz cuando el ni\u00f1o le pregunt\u00f3 con voz temblorosa: \u00abMami, \u00bfte puedes quedar conmigo toda la noche?\u00bb. La madre le dio un abrazo c\u00e1lido y tranquilizador y le dijo tiernamente: \u00abNo puedo, cari\u00f1o. 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