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Spiritual Advice! Story: Einstein, Edison Disney And Caruso
Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Feb 25, 2026 (message contributor)
Do Not get counsel from your detractors (Matthew14:25-27)
Seek Spiritual Advice from Spiritually mature Christians.
Albert Einstein ... had difficulty speaking until he was four years old ... and did not read ... until he was seven.
Beethoven's music teacher said: .... "As a composer, ... he is hopeless."
When Thomas Edison was a young boy, ... his teachers said he was so stupid ... he could never learn anything.
Walt Disney was once fired by a newspaper editor ... because he was thought to have ... quote ... "no good ideas."
Caruso was told by one music teacher, ... "You cannot sing. ... You have no voice at all."
These are but a few individuals who achieved recognition and success in their lives ... despite ... Yes despite ... the negativism ... and the criticism ... of others.
They refused to say, ... "I can't."
Job ... as we know from the Scriptures ... also received advice.
He was advised ... to curse his God ... because of the difficult trials ... he experienced .... yet he never entertained it.
Do not get counsel from your detractors ... seek advice ... from spiritually Mature Christians.
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