Worry does not empty tomorrow of it's sorrow. It empties today of it's joy.
Sorrow looks back. Worry looks around. Faith looks up.
Then there's Matthew 6:25-34
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I know the antidote to worry is to focus on God. He is so very good at being God and I am not. He knows the answers to my worry. I forget that I am not God and I feel like I need the answer to my worries RIGHT. THIS. MINUTE.
Over the past week I've been worried about some pretty big things. I don't want to talk about what those are because I know that most of the things that I worry about will never happen. Yesterday was particularly hard. My stomach was upset. My head hurt. I could not concentrate. I have a ton of things to do for the beginning of the school year but I could not do any of them.
I took to my bed. But instead of escaping into mindless TV or just going to sleep, I prayed. After one prayer, I didn't feel better. So I kept going. I probably laid there an hour. Praying and breathing. I started feeling better. I got up. I tried to do some work.
Then this morning in my Bible study this verse came up...
My temptation is to worry. But God provides a way to face it. It can't always be laying in my bed for an hour (oh the joy of summer!). But He is always there. That much I do not have to worry about!
Do you struggle with worry? What do you do when you are worried?
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