Worry is like a rocking chair

"Worry is like a rocking chair; it will give you something to do but it won't get you anywhere."

I tend to worry a lot.

About things that really don't matter.

And about some things that do.

But either way, it doesn't help me get anywhere in my life.

I'm ready "Calm My Anxious Heart" right now and it is blowing me away.

Its hard to be content in my life right now when I have so many things to be excited about and look forward to.

But reading this book has helped me focus on being content in the present.

As you can probably figure out, today I read about worry.

And it had some very interesting things to say:

"The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith. The beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety."

Many of us justify our worry by saying that its a natural part of life.

But it really isn't.

Worrying shows a lack of faith and trust in God.

"When we spend precious time worrying about what might happen, anxiety becomes negative baggage that weights us down, saps our energy, and leaves us ineffective."

Matthew 6:25-34

God knows what each one of us needs and he'll give it to us at the right moment.

We just need to let go of everything in our lives and let God work. 

Vs. 34 in the Living Bible translation says, "So don't be anxious about tomorrow. God will take care of your tomorrow too. Live one day at a time."

"Certainly, we are to pray, plan, and prepare for tomorrow, but we are not to worry about what might happen."

1 Peter 5:6-7

"Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.

Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you."

Every day, I'm going to try to focus on just living one day at a time and not worrying about all the things that might happen.

This poem is really neat!

"It was spring but it was summer I wanted; the warm days and the great outdoors.

It was summer but it was fall I wanted; the colorful leaves and the cool dry air.

It was fall but it was winter I wanted; the beautiful snow and the joy of the holiday season.

It was now winter but it was spring I wanted; the warmth and the blossoming of nature.

I was a child but it was adulthood I wanted; the freedom and the respect.

I was twenty but it was thirty I wanted; to be mature and sophisticated.

I was middle-aged but it was twenty I wanted; the youth and the free spirit.

I was retired but it was middle-age that I wanted; the presence of mind without limitations.

My life was over but I never got what I wanted."